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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
718 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

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Jefferson-Shawnee-Wabaunsee-Douglas-Pottawatomie-Jackson-
718 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT
FOR JEFFERSON...SHAWNEE...NORTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...NORTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

At 718 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Mayetta to near Grantville to 3 miles east of
Auburn, moving east at 60 mph.

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

SOURCE...At 7:11 AM, a storm chaser and trained spotter reported 60
         to 70 MPH winds 5 miles east of Silver Lake.

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

Locations impacted include...
Topeka, western Lawrence, Valley Falls, Rossville, Oskaloosa,
Tecumseh, St. Marys, Richland, Dover, Silver Lake, Perry, McLouth,
Meriden, Hoyt, Ozawkie, Nortonville, Lecompton, Maple Hill, Clinton,
and Winchester.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 336 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.

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LAT...LON 3904 9520 3886 9536 3896 9617 3916 9611
      3939 9607 3942 9549 3941 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1218Z 277DEG 54KT 3932 9570 3910 9561 3892 9574

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

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Flanagan