Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/04/2026 22:49

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 5 at 12:49AM CDT until May 5 at 1:15AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 4, 2026 - 10:49pm
Expires: 
May 4, 2026 - 11:15pm
Description: 
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Osage County in east central Kansas... Coffey County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Lyon County in east central Kansas... * Until 115 AM CDT. * At 1249 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 3 miles west of Osage City to near Lebo to 5 miles northwest of Gridley, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Burlington, Lebo, Waverly, New Strawn, Melvern, Hartford, Gridley, Neosho Rapids, Reading, Olivet, Beto Junction, John Redmond Reservoir, Melvern Lake, and Le Roy. This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 136 and 165.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Coffey, KS; Lyon, KS; Osage, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS