Special Weather Statement issued October 13 at 8:21PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
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At 821 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Melvern, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Overbrook, Lyndon, Pomona, Waverly, Williamsburg, Quenemo, Melvern, Princeton, Olivet, Beto Junction, Melvern Lake, and Pomona Lake. This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 152 and 182. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for east central Kansas.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- KS, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Douglas; Osage; Franklin; Coffey
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-13T20:21:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-13T20:21:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.674390f084bc8a5582875da4a51ab33cc92a812b.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for east central Kansas.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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