⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Douglas, KS; Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS – Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 6:21PM CDT until October 13 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Details

SVRTOP

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas…
Eastern Shawnee County in east central Kansas…
Northern Douglas County in east central Kansas…

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
of Williamstown, 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…
Eastern Topeka, Lawrence, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh,
Eudora, Richland, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Ozawkie, Nortonville,
Lecompton, Clinton, Winchester, Pauline, Williamstown, Perry Lake,
Grantville, and Clinton Lake.

This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 178 and 205.

Instructions

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.

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