Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 20:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 10:56PM CDT until May 17 at 11:45PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 8:56pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 9:45pm
Description: 
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Nemaha County in northeastern Kansas... Jackson County in northeastern Kansas... Southwestern Brown County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 1145 PM CDT. * At 1056 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Circleville, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Holton, Horton, Wetmore, Mayetta, Whiting, Denison, Circleville, Netawaka, Soldier, Potawatomi Reservation, and Kickapoo Reservation.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Brown, KS; Jackson, KS; Nemaha, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS