Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/27/2026 01:18

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 27 at 3:18AM CDT until April 27 at 3:30AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 1:18am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 1:30am
Description: 
At 317 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ozawkie, moving northeast at 40 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... Northeastern Topeka, Lawrence, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Richland, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Clinton, Winchester, Williamstown, Perry Lake, Grantville, and Clinton Lake. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 181 and 205.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Douglas, KS; Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS