488  
WWUS83 KTOP 161339  
SPSTOP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
839 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2024  
 
KSZ054-055-058-161415-  
COFFEY-LYON-OSAGE-  
839 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2024  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OSAGE
 
NORTHWESTERN COFFEY AND  
CENTRAL LYON COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...  
 
AT 838 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARVEYVILLE TO 6 MILES  
EAST OF ADMIRE TO 5 MILES WEST OF AMERICUS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW  
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
EMPORIA, OSAGE CITY, LYNDON, LEBO, BURLINGAME, AMERICUS, QUENEMO,  
MELVERN, NEOSHO RAPIDS, READING, ALLEN, ADMIRE, OLIVET, BETO  
JUNCTION, POMONA LAKE, AND MELVERN LAKE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 159.  
KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121 AND 154.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3834 9636 3848 9635 3866 9623 3874 9602  
3875 9552 3856 9551 3832 9580  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 272DEG 47KT 3877 9591 3862 9599 3848 9636  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
GARGAN  
 
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