Flash flood watch for the area
Thursday, June 12, 2008
UPDATED: 7:55 p.m.
FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY IN PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
.DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING
ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR LAWRENCE
TO JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA. BY THIS EVENING...THIS FRONT SHOULD MOVE
A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...AND PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR REPEATED
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS. THE
HEAVIEST BAND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF
THE SURFACE FRONT...WITH AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
LAWRENCE TO EMPORIA...INCLUDING THE LYNDON...OTTAWA...BURLINGTON
AND GARNETT AREAS.
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UPDATED: 7:06 p.m.
704 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH
The tornado warning for Northeast Lyon County has been canceled.
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CENTRAL LYON AND WEST CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTIES...
AT 700 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MILE MARKER 140
ON THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
ADMIRE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OSAGE CITY BY 725 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGAME BY 730 PM CDT...
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Updated: 6:53 p.m.
LYON-
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
WEST CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
ADMIRE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH.
648 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
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...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LYON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THIS TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR NORTHERN LYON COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM. REMEMBER THOUGH THAT
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY AND THIS STORM WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY FOR SIGNS
OF STRENGTHENING ROTATION.
UPDATE: 6:46 p.m.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR AMERICUS...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
36 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLEN BY 650 PM CDT......
ADMIRE BY 655 PM CDT......
THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 153.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LYON COUNTY. REMEMBER THOUGH THAT A
TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY AND THIS STORM WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY FOR SIGNS
OF STRENGTHENING ROTATION
Tornado Warning issued for Lyon County. Seek Shelter
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LYON COUNTY...
AT 631 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ROTATION NEAR
AMERICUS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADMIRE BY 645 PM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE IS ALSO
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM IN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF AMERICUS.