Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/23/2026 15:18

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 23 at 5:18PM CDT until April 23 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 23, 2026 - 3:18pm
Expires: 
April 23, 2026 - 4:00pm
Description: 
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Dickinson County in central Kansas... Geary County in east central Kansas... Southern Riley County in northeastern Kansas... Morris County in east central Kansas... Western Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas... Southwestern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 517 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Keats to 5 miles northwest of Dwight to 6 miles south of Burdick, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Manhattan, Junction City, Wamego, Herington, Council Grove, Alma, Ogden, Grandview Plaza, St. George, White City, Alta Vista, Dwight, McFarland, Louisville, Wilsey, Parkerville, Latimer, Keats, Council Grove Lake, and Volland. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 293 and 333.
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 central, northeastern and east central Kansas.
Area Description: 
Dickinson, KS; Geary, KS; Morris, KS; Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS; Wabaunsee, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS