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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 365, NWS Topeka, KS

August 14, 2026Jackson County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2026, 10:55 PM CDT for Jackson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 14, 2026, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2026, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 10:02 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary28 min
Aug 14, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee24 min
Aug 14, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson50 min

Nearby

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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.