Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Topeka, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
728 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 495 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 725 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO 10 MILES  NORTH OF
WASHINGTON IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
MOVE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND WESTERN
MARCHALL COUNTIES BY 8 PM CDT.

VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG
WITH POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
RESIDENDS OF WASHINGTON AN5D MARSHALL SHOULD BE ALERT AND TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTION.
PETERSEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
750 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST
             KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND A 743PM
REACHED IN A 25 MILE WIDE LINE FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO
MARYSVILLE TO NEAR FAIRBURY NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE NEAR
ONAGA AND IN SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY.

VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO POSSIBLY 50 MPH
WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT
30 TO 35 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR RILEY
...GEARY AND MORRIS COUNTIES AND AREAS TO THE WEST.

BY 845 PM...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXTEND FROM NEAR LAWRENCE TO TOPEKA
TO MARYSVILLE.

TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE LIKELY.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPMENTK AND TAKE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

AKULOW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
850 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST
             KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 840 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..15 TO 25 MILES WIDE..EXTENDED
FROM POMONA RESERVOIR..TO WAMEGO..TO BELLEVILLE. THIS LINE OF STORMS
WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
IN THIS LINE WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN CONCORDIA AND WASH-
INGTON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THIS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS STORM. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM..NOT SEVERE..WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY..BETWEEN CLAY CENTER AND BLUE
RAPIDS.

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
WERE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. PER-
SONS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

MCNULTY