Tornado Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1242 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

AT 1245PM THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA
TO JUST WEST OF LAWRENCE. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE THEN CONTINUED SOUTH
TO ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF OTTAWA.

VERY HEAVY RAIN... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS PERRY RESERVOIR... LAWRENCE... OTTAWA...
AND GARNETT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 O'CLOCK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND
EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS TILL 3 O'CLOCK.

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CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 3 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.

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KSZ013>016-181915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
135 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ATCHISON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. AT 135 PM THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH OF ATCHISON
COUNTY AND HAS WEAKENED.

WINDS TO 40 AND 50 MPH WERE ESTIMATED IN LANCASTER AND EFFINGHAM
AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASSED OVER THESE TOWNS.

AT 135 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS. THEY EXTENDED IN A NORTH-SOUTH LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST
OF ATCHISON TO 10 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCE TO 10 MILES EAST OF
OTTAWA. THE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
150 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SOME HAIL WERE MOVING NORTH
THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 145 PM CDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF CONCORDIA AS WELL AS
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. IN CENTRAL KANSAS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WERE 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND ALL PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS. VERY DEADLY LIGHTNING IS ALSO TO BE
EXPECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-
CENTRAL KANSAS.
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KSZ013>016-181945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
152 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

AT 135 PM A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 22 MILE
WEST SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH MO NEAR HURON...TO 8 MILES WEST OF LEAVEN-
WORTH...TO 10 MILES EAST OF OTTAWA...TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
CHANUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN
HOUR...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

ONE HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PART OF A GENERAL 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF
PRECIPITATION THAT EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM 28 MILES EAST OF MARYS-
VILLE NEAR SENECA...TO LAWRENCE...TO 15 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE. THIS
PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE OUT OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS BY
300 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA
...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE AREA BETWEEN JUNCTION CITY AND EMPORIA
BETWEEN 200 PM AND 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

MCNULTY

KSZ013>016-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
215 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS
EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS AT 215 PM.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BROKEN LINE FROM EMPORIA TO
JUST WEST OF LAWRENCE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH. AN AREA OF LIGHTER RAIN WAS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA NEAR COUNCIL GROVE TO LAWRENCE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO BURLINGAME, CARBONDALE, AND TOPEKA
BETWEEN 230PM AND 330PM. HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL
<7 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING.

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KSZ013>016-182000-

CORRECTED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
215 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS
EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS AT 215 PM.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BROKEN LINE FROM EMPORIA TO
JUST WEST OF LAWRENCE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH. AN AREA OF LIGHTER RAIN WAS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA NEAR COUNCIL GROVE TO LAWRENCE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO BURLINGAME, CARBONDALE, AND TOPEKA
BETWEEN 230PM AND 330PM. HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL ZKANSAS UNTIL
7 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING.

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CORRECTED 2ND PARAGRAPH