| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Clay, KS; Dickinson, KS; Ottawa, KS |
| Effective | 8/13/2026, 6:22:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/13/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 13 at 6:22PM CDT until August 13 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Details
SVRTOP
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northern Dickinson County in central Kansas…
Southeastern Ottawa County in north central Kansas…
Southern Clay County in north central Kansas…
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 622 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Niles, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE…Mesonet.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Abilene, Chapman, Solomon, Wakefield, Enterprise, Bennington,
Wells, Manchester, Longford, Niles, Moonlight, and Talmage.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289.
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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