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WUUS53 KTOP 180724  
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KSC045-085-087-177-180815-  
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
224 AM CDT THU APR 18 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...  
EASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...  
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...  
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...  
 
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 224 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MUSCOTAH TO 3 MILES NORTH OF MERIDEN TO 5 MILES  
NORTH OF AUBURN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE  
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,  
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
TOPEKA, LAWRENCE, BALDWIN CITY, VALLEY FALLS, OSKALOOSA, TECUMSEH,  
EUDORA, PERRY, MCLOUTH, MERIDEN, OZAWKIE, NORTONVILLE, LECOMPTON,  
CLINTON, WINCHESTER, LONE STAR, WHITING, PLEASANT GROVE, VINLAND,  
AND PAULINE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 205.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3897 9582 3928 9562 3965 9560 3965 9556  
3942 9557 3942 9518 3897 9519 3898 9516  
3895 9509 3898 9508 3899 9506 3875 9506  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 300DEG 44KT 3958 9554 3924 9557 3898 9579  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
GARGAN  
 
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