663  
WWUS53 KTOP 270809  
SVSTOP  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
309 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
KSC045-085-087-139-177-270830-  
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-260427T0830Z/  
JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-JACKSON-  
309 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT  
FOR JEFFERSON...EASTERN SHAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS...NORTHEASTERN  
OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...  
 
AT 307 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MERIDEN, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. SEVERAL REPORTS OF 1-1.75" HAIL IN TOPEKA  
BEGINNING AROUND 250AM HAS BEEN OBSERVED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
TOPEKA, LAWRENCE, CARBONDALE, VALLEY FALLS, OSKALOOSA, TECUMSEH,  
RICHLAND, PERRY, MCLOUTH, MERIDEN, HOYT, OZAWKIE, NORTONVILLE,  
LECOMPTON, CLINTON, WINCHESTER, PAULINE, WILLIAMSTOWN, PERRY LAKE,  
AND GRANTVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 354 AND 355.  
KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 206.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3894 9518 3880 9577 3911 9581 3922 9575  
3942 9555 3942 9518  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0807Z 242DEG 36KT 3918 9551  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
GRIESEMER  
 
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