117  
WWUS53 KTOP 172129  
SVSTOP  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
429 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
KSC003-031-059-139-172145-  
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-260417T2145Z/  
FRANKLIN-ANDERSON-OSAGE-COFFEY-  
429 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT  
FOR FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND  
NORTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTIES...  
 
AT 429 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CENTROPOLIS TO NEAR PRINCETON TO 3 MILES  
SOUTHEAST OF HARRIS, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE  
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
OTTAWA, GARNETT, POMONA, RICHMOND, WILLIAMSBURG, QUENEMO, PRINCETON,  
AND HARRIS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 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 3843 9515 3824 9523 3821 9555 3850 9554  
3866 9557 3873 9526  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 260DEG 53KT 3870 9537 3849 9530 3828 9541  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
GRIESEMER  
 
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