Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Topeka, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
245 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1989

AT 340 PM AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT RILEY JUST
TO NORTHEAST OF JUNTION CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING OVER NORTHEASTERN GEARY AND SOUTHEAST
RILEY COUNTIES TIL AROUND 430 PM.

OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF MARYSVILLE
AND ALSO ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA EAST OF BURLINGTON.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM
NEAR MARYSVILLE ACROSS MANHATTAN TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

CRANDALL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
430 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BOILED UP
RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
MOST OF STORMS WERE WEST AND SOUTH OF TOPEKA...AND IN THE TOPEKA
VICINITY.

THE STORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND THUS WILL DROP LARGE AMOUNTS OF
RAIN IN SOME AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE A@REAS WILL
OCCUR RAPIDLY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AKULOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER
PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AT 520PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF TOPEKA
FROM WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY...ANOTHER
STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA AND ALSO ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY AND THUS WILL CAUSE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
IN SOME AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL
OCCUR RAPIDLY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
.
AKULOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
555 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS LINGERED OVER
PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHORTLY BEFORE 6PM THIS
EVENING. ONE STRONG STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF TOPEKA IN NORTHERN
SHAWNEE COUNTY...WHILE ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS STILL IN SOUTHWEST
SHAWNEE COUNTY. A THIRD STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE.

A WIND GUST TO 47 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES
WERE REPORTED FROM SOUTHWEST SHAWNEE COUNTY AROUND 520PM.

HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS QUICKLY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EF9FECT FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
AND STREAMS AND CREEKS.
.
AKULOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
615 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989

AT 612PM PEA SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING
WAS OCCURING AT NATIONAL WEAiTHER SRVICE OFFICE IN TOPEKA.

SLIGHTLY OVER 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ABOUT
10 MINUTES.

THIS STORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST..AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
DOUGLASS COUNTY AROUND 630PM-645 PM.

AKULOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
700 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989

THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
KANSAS SINCE 630PM. AT 7 O CLOCK A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN WAS ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON
COUNTY...WHILE OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS WERE 30 MILES NORTH AND ABOUT 45
MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT.
HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE PRODUCE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL FELL AT
BILLARD AIRPORT IN TOPEKA AND WINDS TO 47 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SOUTH-
WEST SHAWNEE COUNTY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES HIGH OVER NORTHEAST
KANSAS TONIGHTT. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
AKULOW