Special Weather Statement 10/30/2024 13:42 for Kansas areas

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued October 30 at 3:42PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
October 30, 2024 - 1:42pm
Expires: 
October 30, 2024 - 2:15pm
Description: 
At 342 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles east of Longford to near Enterprise to 4 miles southeast of Hillsboro. Movement was northeast at 70 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Manhattan, Junction City, Abilene, Herington, Ogden, Grandview Plaza, Chapman, Solomon, Wakefield, Riley, Enterprise, White City, Milford, Leonardville, Hope, Dwight, Woodbine, Randolph, Wilsey, and Parkerville. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 311.
Instruction: 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description: 
Clay; Riley; Pottawatomie; Dickinson; Geary; Morris
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS