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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Coffey, KS; Franklin, KS; Osage, KS – Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Coffey, KS; Franklin, KS; Osage, KS
Effective 8/5/2026, 10:19:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/5/2026, 10:45:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 5 at 10:19PM CDT until August 5 at 10:45PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Details

SVRTOP

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Franklin County in east central Kansas…
Southeastern Osage County in east central Kansas…
Northeastern Coffey County in east central Kansas…

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 1018 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Beto
Junction, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Half dollar size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include…
Pomona, Waverly, Williamsburg, Quenemo, Melvern, Olivet, and Beto
Junction.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 153 and 176.

Instructions

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


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.