| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Marshall; Nemaha; Riley; Pottawatomie; Jackson; Geary; Morris; Wabaunsee; Shawnee; Lyon; Osage; Franklin; Coffey; Anderson |
| Effective | 8/7/2026, 8:46:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/7/2026, 9:15:00 AM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 7 at 8:46AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Details
At 844 AM CDT, trained weather spotters reported gusty showers from
showers that are falling apart.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE…Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Topeka, Manhattan, Emporia, Wamego, Garnett, Osage City, Burlington,
Council Grove, Seneca, Carbondale, Rossville, Alma, Westmoreland,
Eskridge, Blaine, St. Marys, Ogden, Dover, Silver Lake, and Auburn.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 35 between mile markers 128 and 182.
Interstate 70 between mile markers 303 and 355.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 116 and 180.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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