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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
KSZ021-022-035-036-180400-
GEARY-CLAY-DICKINSON-RILEY-
1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DICKINSON
NORTHWESTERN GEARY...WEST CENTRAL RILEY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY
COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM CDT...
AT 1029 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF WAKEFIELD TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MANCHESTER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP 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...
WAKEFIELD, RILEY, MILFORD, MANCHESTER, AND TALMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL,
NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3907 9737 3928 9715 3930 9679 3902 9707
3900 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 259DEG 33KT 3924 9713 3904 9735
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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