160  
WWUS53 KTOP 172106 RRA  
SVSTOP  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
406 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
KSC031-111-139-172115-  
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260417T2115Z/  
OSAGE-COFFEY-LYON-  
406 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT  
FOR SOUTHERN OSAGE...NORTHERN COFFEY AND SOUTHEASTERN LYON  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 406 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OLIVET TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF BETO JUNCTION TO JOHN  
REDMOND RESERVOIR, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO  
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BURLINGTON, LYNDON, LEBO, WAVERLY, NEW STRAWN, MELVERN, HARTFORD,  
NEOSHO RAPIDS, READING, OLIVET, BETO JUNCTION, JOHN REDMOND  
RESERVOIR, AND MELVERN LAKE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 165.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL  
KANSAS.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3817 9596 3817 9615 3838 9599 3855 9597  
3865 9558 3849 9554 3816 9565 3816 9596  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 249DEG 53KT 3849 9576 3837 9574 3823 9579  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
GRIESEMER  
 
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