NWS Topeka KSSV.W 0402September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dickinson, Geary and Morris, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Dickinson, Geary and Morris in Kansas, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 402nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Topeka issued in 2026. Kansas had 142 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 72 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Dickinson, Geary and Morris
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:14 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTOP SV.W 0402
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Dickinson County in central Kansas... Southeastern Geary County in east central Kansas... Western Morris County in east central Kansas... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 614 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of Woodbine to near Ramona, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 611 PM CDT, spotters in Herington reported wind gusts up to 65 MPH. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Herington, Council Grove, White City, Dwight, Wilsey, Parkerville, Latimer, and Council Grove Lake.
What the agency told people to do
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 20081,225 a year
- Every warning type in Kansas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels