Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/17/2026 13:52

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 17 at 3:52PM CDT until April 17 at 4:15PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 17, 2026 - 1:52pm
Expires: 
April 17, 2026 - 2:15pm
Description: 
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Osage County in east central Kansas... Northern Coffey County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Lyon County in east central Kansas... * Until 415 PM CDT. * At 352 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of Neosho Rapids to near Hartford to 6 miles northeast of Madison, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Burlington, Lyndon, Lebo, Waverly, Olpe, New Strawn, Melvern, Hartford, Neosho Rapids, Reading, Olivet, Beto Junction, John Redmond Reservoir, and Melvern Lake. This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 135 and 165.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for east central Kansas.
Area Description: 
Coffey, KS; Lyon, KS; Osage, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS