754  
WWUS83 KTOP 152042  
SPSTOP  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
342 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 2026  
 
KSZ054-058-152115-  
COFFEY-LYON-  
342 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN COFFEY AND CENTRAL  
LYON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT...  
 
AT 342 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
EMPORIA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
EMPORIA, LEBO, AMERICUS, OLPE, NEOSHO RAPIDS, READING, AND ADMIRE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 148.  
KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 144.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3838 9636 3852 9635 3867 9610 3852 9595  
3844 9595 3843 9586 3841 9584 3821 9624  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 229DEG 25KT 3837 9624  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 

 
 
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