Special Weather Statement
NWS Topeka KS ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Lyon County Through 845 PM CDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 817 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles west of Emporia, moving east at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Emporia, Americus, Neosho Rapids, and Reading. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 128 and 143. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 117 and 140.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for east central Kansas.
Affected areas
- Lyon County, KS
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Topeka KS
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y67ZGKNYHV2C60PFQY914Z
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e2ab549eb90ba4996c0e72195f7814805daf1a5d.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Topeka KS
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTOP
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2218
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSTOP |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS83 KTOP 200117 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LYON COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM CDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T01:17:00-00:00...storm...256DEG...32KT...38.4,-96.32 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lyon County, KS
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 020111 |
| UGC | KSZ054 |
- Polygons
- 38.53,-96.35 38.6,-95.95 38.33,-95.95 38.3,-96.36 38.53,-96.35