Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Topeka, KS ∙ Paxico, KS ∙ Hoyt, KS ∙ Topeka Forbes Field, KS ∙ Louisville, KS ∙ Rossville, KS ∙ Volland, KS ∙ Belvue, KS ∙ Silver Lake, KS ∙ Pauline, KS

Full Alert Message

Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 1114 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2026 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SHAWNEE...WABAUNSEE...SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES... At 1114 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Belvue to 7 miles west of Eskridge, moving east at 35 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... Topeka, Wamego, Rossville, Alma, St. Marys, Dover, Silver Lake, Auburn, Hoyt, Maple Hill, McFarland, Paxico, Belvue, Emmett, Louisville, Delia, Willard, Pauline, Keene, and Berryton. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 323 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 166 and 183. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3887 9560 3887 9642 3904 9641 3904 9639 3930 9639 3933 9559 TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 275DEG 29KT 3923 9616 3886 9625 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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