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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
603 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

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603 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR DICKINSON...GEARY...SOUTHWESTERN RILEY...NORTHWESTERN MORRIS AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

At 603 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Junction City,
moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Manhattan, Junction City, Abilene, Ogden, Grandview
Plaza, Chapman, Riley, Enterprise, Milford, Woodbine, Carlton,
Milford Lake, Keats, and Moonlight.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 272 and 315.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central, north
central, northeastern and east central Kansas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 3885 9737 3932 9687 3917 9660 3904 9649
      3904 9650 3902 9650 3877 9693 3861 9736
      3861 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 239DEG 45KT 3905 9688 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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Griesemer