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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Shawnee, KS; Wabaunsee, KS – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Shawnee, KS; Wabaunsee, KS
Effective 8/18/2026, 10:21:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/18/2026, 10:45:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 10:21PM CDT until August 18 at 10:45PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Details

SVRTOP

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Shawnee County in east central Kansas…
Northeastern Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas…

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 1020 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
McFarland, moving east at 45 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…
Rossville, Alma, Dover, Silver Lake, Maple Hill, McFarland, Paxico,
Willard, and Keene.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 324 and 351.

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.