Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Topeka, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
310 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 310 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
TO THE NORTH OF SALINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT MID WAY
BETWEEN SALINA AND CONCORDIA...AND ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA.
A SMALL THUNDERSHOWER HAD ALSO DEVELOPED NEAR MANHATTAN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN RILEY AND MARSHALL COUNTIES
OF NORTHEAST KANSAS BY 4AM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS POSSIBLY SOME HAIL IF THEY CONTINUE
AT THEIR CURRENT INTENSITY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
350 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

AT 350 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT EASTNORTHEAST TO NEAR MARYS/
VILLE. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM
20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG EAST TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF OS/
BORNE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS..20 TO 30 MPH WI.NDS..
AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

EVEN THOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN RECENTLY REPORTED..PEOPLE IN THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
CONDITIONS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
440 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING INTO NORHEAST KANSAS...

AT 430 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLAY CENTER
ACROSS TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR..WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF MANHATTAN...TO
JUST SOUTH OF FRANKFORT IN SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY. OTHER THUNDER-
STORMS WERE NEAR WAMEGO AND ST. MARYS DEVELOPING EASTWARD TO JUST NORTH
OF TOPEKA.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST TO THE EAST OF CLAY CENTER AND
WILL MOVE ACROSS TUTTLE CREEEK RESERVOIR BY 515AM CDT. VERY HEAVY
RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME
HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EASTo
NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

BILLS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
450 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

AT 450 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA
AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER.

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CLAY CENTER AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITH CENTER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY DURING THE
PAST HOUR AS THEY CONTINUED THEIR EASTNORTHEAST MOVEMENT AT 30 MPH.
HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL CAN STILL BE EXPECTED.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
715 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

AT 715 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF BELOIT NORTH TO NEAR JEWELL AND
THEN NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF BELLEVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAINS..HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHT/
NING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOOD/
ING.
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PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
755 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL NOON...

AT 755 AM CDT A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BELLEVILLE ACROSS CONCORDIA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH A LINE FROM NEAR WASHINGTON
TO CLAY CENTER AND EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY BEFORE 9 AM CDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE  CAUSING HEAVY RAINS ON ALREADY MOSTLY
SATURATED GROUND SO THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE RUN OFF IN SOME
LOCATIONS SO PERSONS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECT SOME FLOODING IN LOW LAND AREAS.

IN ADDITION PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  BE AWARE OF YOUR LOCAL WEATHER
CONDITONS.

ADAMS 1300
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