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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
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FRANKLIN-ANDERSON-OSAGE-COFFEY-
418 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND
NORTHERN COFFEY COUNTIES...
AT 418 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR POMONA LAKE TO NEAR WILLIAMSBURG TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WESTPHALIA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 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...
OTTAWA, GARNETT, BURLINGTON, LYNDON, POMONA, WAVERLY, RICHMOND,
WILLIAMSBURG, NEW STRAWN, QUENEMO, MELVERN, PRINCETON, WESTPHALIA,
OLIVET, BETO JUNCTION, HARRIS, JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR, AND MELVERN
LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 188.
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 3873 9526 3843 9515 3814 9527 3817 9586
3843 9578 3860 9583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 246DEG 57KT 3867 9556 3846 9549 3825 9559
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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