Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Topeka, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 178 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTILL NOON TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY
SINCE 945 AM THIS MORNING AND AT 1015 AM STORMS WERE PRODUCING
PRIMARILY MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  THE INTENSE LINE MOVING
THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO
ONAGA TO MANHATTAN AT 915 AM AND MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
THE HEAVIEST STORMS ALONG THIS LINE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOLTON AND MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LIGHT INTENSITY EXTENDED
TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
KANSAS.  ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD
OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS BY ABOUT NOON TODAY FOLLOWED BY PARTLY ScUNNY
SKIES.
SHIDELER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION..TIME AND STORM LOCATION..HOLTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 178 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTILL NOON TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY
SINCE 945 AM THIS MORNING AND AT 1015 AM STORMS WERE PRODUCING
PRIMARILY MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  THE INTENSE LINE MOVING
THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO
ONAGA TO MANHATTAN AT 1015 AM AND MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
THE HEAVIEST STORMS ALONG THIS LINE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOLTON AND MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LIGHT INTENSITY EXTENDED
TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
KANSAS.  ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD
OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAuS BY ABOUT NOON TODAY FOLLOWED BY PARTLY SUNNY
SKIES.
SHIDELER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1115 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 178 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
   NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 11 AM CDT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS.
THESE WERE LOCATED NEAR VALLEY FALLS IN NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND
NEAR ATCHINSON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE INTENSE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR
ATCHINSON TO NEAR TOPEKA TO HOLTON IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS FOR THE
TIME BEING...HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE AND THE
POSSIBILITY REMAINS THAT WATCHS AND OR WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

CRANDALL

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
130 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

ALL TIMES CDT AND AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

1255 AM   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ALTON IN WESTERN OSBORNE COUNTY.
125  AM   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN OSBORNE.
504  AM   ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH AT KENSINGTON IN
          SMITH COUNTY.
515  AM   TORNADO REPORTED FROM 1 MILE SOUTH OF GAYLORD TO 5 MILES
          SOUTHEAST OF SMITH CENTER IN SMITH COUNTY.  CONSIDERABLE
          DAMAGE TO CROPS FROM HAIL AND NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN.
517  AM   3/4 INCH HAIL IN SMITH CENTER.
630  AM   ONE INCH HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH AT BELOIT IN MITCHELL.
825  AM   11/2 INCH HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF GREENLEAF IN W[ASHINGTON
          COUNTY.

          HEAVY RAINS OF OVER TWO INCHES ACCOMPAINED MOST OF THE
          SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

ADAMS 1844

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
211 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

AT 210 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DELPHOS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
BRIF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM  AS IT MOVES TO NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY BY 3 PM CDT.

AT 210PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BY
THE OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE 15 MILES SOUTH OF COUNCORDIA.
PETERSEN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 KPM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS AT 330 PM LOCATED IN CLAY
COUNTY WESTWARD INTO SOUTHERN CLOUD AND NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY
ROUGHLY IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY CLAY CENTER TO CONCORDIA TO MINNEAPOLIS
AND BACK TO CONCORDIA IS DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD.  THIS STORM WILL
LIKELY CROSS NORTHERN RILEY INTO MARSHALL COUNTY BETWEEN 400 TO 430 PM.
THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY AND MAY REQUIRE WARNINGS
AS THEY MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF NORTHEAST KANSAS.
SHIDELER