| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Lyon, KS; Morris, KS |
| Effective | 8/5/2026, 10:33:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/5/2026, 11:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 5 at 10:33PM CDT until August 5 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Details
SVRTOP
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Morris County in east central Kansas…
Northwestern Lyon County in east central Kansas…
* Until 1100 PM CDT.
* At 1033 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Americus,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD…Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include…
Emporia, Americus, and Dunlap.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 35 between mile markers 128 and 130.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 128 and 137.
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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