| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Clay, KS; Dickinson, KS; Geary, KS; Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS |
| Effective | 7/3/2026, 9:40:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/3/2026, 10:15:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 9:40PM CDT until July 3 at 10:15PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Details
SVRTOP
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Dickinson County in central Kansas…
Geary County in east central Kansas…
Southern Riley County in northeastern Kansas…
Southern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas…
Southeastern Clay County in north central Kansas…
* Until 1015 PM CDT.
* At 939 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Olsburg to 3 miles south of Riley to 3 miles
southwest of Wakefield to 6 miles east of Oak Hill, moving
southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Public reports with this line of storm have ranged from
50-60 mph over the past hour. Radar still shows strong
signals for winds up to 60 mph along the main line of
storms.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Manhattan, Junction City, Wamego, Westmoreland, Ogden, Grandview
Plaza, Chapman, Wakefield, Riley, St. George, Milford, Olsburg,
Louisville, Milford Lake, Keats, and Tuttle Creek Lake.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 285 and 316.
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.
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