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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2026, 8:33 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2026, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:58 PM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Topeka KS 158 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-011900- Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 158 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Kansas, east central Kansas, north central Kansas and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A few thunderstorms may develop in eastern Kansas this evening. Any storm that develops could produce damaging wind, and large hail. A tornado could also occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There is a slight chance for a few additional storms Monday evening and night. These storms could produce some gusty winds or small hail, primarily in central Kansas. && More detailed information can be found at: www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| May 31, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 48 min |
| May 31, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 35 min |
| May 31, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 47 min |
| May 31, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 33 min |
| May 31, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 11 min |
| May 31, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 27 min |
| May 31, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 30 min |
| May 31, 10:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 4 hr |
| May 31, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 51 min |
| May 31, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey | 19 min |
| May 31, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 25 min |
| May 31, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Lyon | 62 min |
| May 31, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 26 min |
| May 31, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 26 min |
| May 31, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 52 min |
| May 31, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 46 min |
| May 31, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey | 14 min |
| May 31, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 8 min |
| Jun 1, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 13 min |
| Jun 1, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 17 min |
| Jun 1, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 2:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 9 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.