Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Topeka, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
218 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
KANSAS.

AT 218 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWsS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH RUSSELL
AND LINCOLN COUNTIES WITH THE HEAVIEST STROM NEAR ASH GROVE.
THIS STORM DROP 1/2 INCH HAIL AND SOME WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

STAPLETON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
250 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN CENTRAL AND
AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 250 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES
WEST AND 15 MILES NORTHEST OF BELOIT IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY BY 330 PM CST.  HEAVY RAIN STRONG
WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO THE RUSSELL AREA BY 315 PM CST.  HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AREA LIKELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112 WILL BE INEFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.  THIS WATCH

WILL INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE
FROM MANKATO TO RUSSELL TO ASHLAND.
PETERSEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
325 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO RUSSELL TO ASHLAND.
THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST.

AT 325 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES
NORTH OF RUSSELL AND IN THE LURRAY AREA 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO THE LAKE WACONDA RECTREATIONAL AREA WEST OF BELOIT BY 4 PM CST.
STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

CONSIDERABLE SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LURAY KANSAS AT 315PM CST.

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM AT OSBORNE WAS PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT 324 PM CST.  THIS STROM IS ALSO
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR MANKATO BY
430 PM CST.
PETERSEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CST FOR
A PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. COUNTIES EFFECTED BY THE WATCH ARE MARSHALL..
NEMAHA..RILEY..POTAWATOMIE..AND GEARY.

AT 325 PM CST NO THUNDERSTORMS THREATENED NORTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN KANSAS BETWEEN
RUSSELL AND CONCORDIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. SOME HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG
WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
KAYS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
357 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO RUSSELL TO ASHLAND.
THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST.

AT 355 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES
WEST OF MANKATO IN JEWELL COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM TIPTON TO LURAY IN OSBORNE
COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS WEST OF A LINE FROM BRAINARD NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS TO RUSSELL
KANSAS TO RUSH CENTER KANSAS. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STAPLETON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
530 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CST
FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE
MARSHALL..NEMAHA..RILEY..POTTAWATOMIE..AND GEARY.

AT 530 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS..BUT WERE NOT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE NORTHEASTERN KANSAS
COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE MORE
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BEFORE
DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY BY MID EVENING. HOWEVER..INTERESTS FROM JUNC-
TION CITY NORTHWARD INTO MARSHALL AND NEMAHA COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE
TO REMA6IN ALERT WHILE THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

MCNULTY