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Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
206 WWUS53 KTOP 161236 SVSTOP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 736 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 KSC045-085-087-177-161245- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0267.000000T0000Z-240716T1245Z/ Jefferson-Shawnee-Douglas-Jackson- 736 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON...EASTERN SHAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES... At 736 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ozawkie to near Williamstown to 3 miles southwest of Clinton Lake, moving east at 55 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... Topeka, western Lawrence, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Richland, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Hoyt, Ozawkie, Nortonville, Lecompton, Clinton, Winchester, Mayetta, Lone Star, Denison, Pauline, and Williamstown. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 354 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 170 and 202. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3892 9583 3911 9579 3940 9578 3942 9551 3941 9521 3904 9520 3886 9536 TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 277DEG 46KT 3925 9544 3904 9535 3889 9546 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Flanagan