Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Topeka, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
300 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WIDELY SCATTERED AREAS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SOME HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS WERE 15 MILES WESTSOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MCPHERSON AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO ABILENE TO LYONS TO RUSSELL TO NEAR HILL
CITY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN STRENGTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SO PERSONS
ACROSS THE AREA BE AWARE OF THE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE ANY
ACTION NECESSARY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP.

ADAMS 2000

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
305 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

AT 255 PM CDT TOPEKA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUND CITY..TO GARNETT..TO THE EASTERN EDGE
OF JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING
BETWEEN ABILENE AND COUNCIL GROVE RESERVOIR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

HAIL..STRONG GUSTY..AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

BETWEEN 315 PM AND 400 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO FRANKLIN
COUNTY AND APPROACH THE CITY OF OTTAWA..AND INTO GEARY COUNTY TO THE
AREA OF JUNCTION CITY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE( ALERT
AS THESE THUNDESTORMS APPROACH.

MCNULTY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
345 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

AT 340 PM CDT TOPEKA RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSAWATOMIE..TO THE NORTH SHORE OF JOHN
REDMOND RESERVOIR..TO COTTONWOOD FALLS..TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JUNCTION CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

THE MORE INTENSE THUNDESTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER JOHN REDMOND RESERVIOR
..AND AROUND ABILENE. AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH HERINGTON..ONE-
HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED.

BETWEEN 400 PM AND 430 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
OTTAWA..OSAGE CITY..EMPORIA..COUNCIL GROVE..JUNCTION CITY AND MANHATTAN
..THESE A>REAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.

MCNULTY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
435 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 164 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 425 PM CDT TOPEKA RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA...AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTAWA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR
AND COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LOCATED IN A AREA 50 MILES WIDE SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM NEAR JUNCTION CITY TO NEAR BURLINGAME TO OLATHE. THE AREA
WAS DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MILES AND H~OUR.

BETWEEN 4445 AND 515 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
MANHATTAN...SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY AND OLATHE.
CRANDALL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
545 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PN CDT TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA SO FAR THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 540PM CDT...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF
EASTCENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY SOUTH
OF LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO TOPEKA TO CONCORDIA AND WAS MOVING NORTH
AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MANHATTAN AND 5 MILES NORTH OF WAMEGO.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN-S...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY
WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHEAST
AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECATIONS.

AKULOW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
550 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM OAKLEY TO RUSSELL TO MANHATTAN TO LEAVENWORTH..

AT 550 PM CDT..VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL EXTENDED FROM NEAR BELLEVILLE SOUTHWEST TO 20
MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF MINNEA/
POLIS EAST TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY. THESE STORMS HAVE
STRENGTHENED DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR.

ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT8 FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.
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