Special Weather Statement 10/30/2024 16:21 for Kansas areas

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued October 30 at 6:21PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
October 30, 2024 - 4:21pm
Expires: 
October 30, 2024 - 4:45pm
Description: 
At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Emporia to 4 miles west of Neosho Rapids to near Madison. Movement was northeast at 45 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... Emporia, Osage City, Lebo, Burlingame, Hartford, Gridley, Neosho Rapids, Reading, and Melvern Lake. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 132 and 151. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 132 and 144.
Instruction: 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for east central Kansas.
Area Description: 
Lyon; Osage; Coffey
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS