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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
822 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

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822 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...OSAGE...NORTHERN
COFFEY AND NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTIES...

At 821 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Burlingame to near Osage City to 4 miles
northwest of Lebo, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Osage City, Carbondale, Overbrook, Lyndon, Lebo, Burlingame,
Scranton, Waverly, Quenemo, Melvern, Neosho Rapids, Harveyville,
Reading, Olivet, Beto Junction, Pomona Lake, and Melvern Lake.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 between mile markers 134 and 169.
 Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 144 and 161.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for east central
Kansas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 3880 9608 3887 9556 3887 9550 3874 9550
      3874 9549 3839 9548 3839 9550 3837 9551
      3835 9616 3854 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 265DEG 43KT 3876 9585 3862 9586 3845 9592 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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Griesemer