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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 381, NWS Topeka, KS

August 21, 2026Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2026, 4:52 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 21, 2026, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2026, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown25 min
Aug 21, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa27 min
Aug 21, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson33 min
Aug 21, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.