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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Geary, KS; Riley, KS – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Geary, KS; Riley, KS
Effective 8/18/2026, 9:14:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/18/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 9:14PM CDT until August 18 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Details

SVRTOP

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Central Geary County in east central Kansas…
Southern Riley County in northeastern Kansas…

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 914 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Milford Lake,
moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Southwestern Manhattan, Junction City, Ogden, Grandview Plaza, and
Milford Lake.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 298 and 315.

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.