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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Douglas, KS; Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS

Ended Oct 13, 7:00 PM CDT

Considerable damage threatHail 1.25 inGusts 70 mphMoving east at 25 mph
DOUGLASJEFFERSONSHAWNEELawrenceEudoraOskaloosaPerryTecumsehLecompton25 MI
DOUGLASJEFFERSONSHAWNEELawrenceOskaloosaPerry20 MI
Map of the Severe Thunderstorm Warning over Douglas County and Jefferson County and Shawnee County, with the area it draws around the storm. Drawn on the national sheet; the scale is at its foot.
In force from
Oct 13, 6:36 PM CDT
Until
Oct 13, 7:00 PM CDT
Issued
Oct 13, 6:36 PM CDT
Office
Topeka, KS
Number
420 of its kind from this office this year
Severity
Severe
Storm motion
Moving east at 25 mph
Where
KS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES

At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of Tonganoxie, moving east at 25 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... Lawrence, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Eudora, Richland, Perry, McLouth, Ozawkie, Nortonville, Lecompton, Clinton, Winchester, Williamstown, Perry Lake, Grantville, and Clinton Lake.

This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 184 and 205.

What to do

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Places under it Lawrence, Eudora, Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Tecumseh, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Nortonville, Winchester, Grantville, Williamstown

Read the platesThunderstorm FB-EVT-001Supercell FB-EVT-007WSR-88D radar FB-INS-005Cumulonimbus FB-SKY-019Wall cloud FB-SKY-040Cumulonimbus architecture FB-SKY-041Overshooting top and above anvil plume FB-SKY-042How to read a warning FB-STN-001

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