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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 6:09PM CDT until October 13 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Douglas, KS; Jackson, KS; Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

Bulletin issued
13 October 2026 at 23:09 UTC
First saved by us
13 October 2026 at 22:58 UTC
Last included in a daily record
13 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Topeka KS · Douglas, KS; Jackson, KS; Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
13 October 2026 at 23:30 UTC
Forecast onset / end
13 October 2026 at 23:09 UTC / 13 October 2026 at 23:30 UTC

Archived official description

At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oskaloosa, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Topeka, northern Lawrence, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Winchester, Pauline, Williamstown, Perry Lake, and Grantville. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 173 and 205.

Instructions in this archived message

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 5:52PM CDT until October 13 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 6:09PM CDT until October 13 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

    Source updated
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    13 October 2026 at 22:52 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 23:09 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 22:52 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 23:09 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    13 October 2026 at 22:52 UTC

    After

    13 October 2026 at 23:09 UTC

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    Official description
    Before

    SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas... Eastern Shawnee County in east central Kansas... Northwestern Douglas County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Jackson County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 551 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest of Perry Lake, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Topeka, northern Lawrence, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Winchester, Pauline, Williamstown, Perry Lake, and Grantville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 353 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 172 and 205.

    After

    At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oskaloosa, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Topeka, northern Lawrence, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Winchester, Pauline, Williamstown, Perry Lake, and Grantville. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 173 and 205.

    External source link
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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.18b2fb079fb94700d6c23276a05f944112c9b8ec.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.17235974e68e98589d5521bd70dcba21144f14a5.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 13 October 2026 at 23:09 UTC

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First saved record · 13 October 2026 at 22:58 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 5:52PM CDT until October 13 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 13 October 2026 at 22:52 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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