NWS Topeka KSSV.W 0234May 31, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lyon, KS
The National Weather Service office in Topeka issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lyon in Kansas, which was in force until 9:15 p.m. local time on May 31. It was the 234th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Topeka issued in 2026. Kansas had 259 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 301 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 27 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Topeka KS
- Area
- Lyon
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:48 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- Expires
- 9:15 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTOP SV.W 0234
- 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... West central Lyon County in east central Kansas... * Until 915 PM CDT. * At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of Emporia, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Emporia and Americus. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 128 and 131. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 124 and 135.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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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, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels