Special Weather Statement 04/30/2025 11:41 for Kansas areas

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued April 30 at 1:41PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
April 30, 2025 - 11:41am
Expires: 
April 30, 2025 - 12:45pm
Description: 
At 139 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking decaying showers with gusty winds moving through east central Kansas. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. SOURCE...Automated Surface Observations. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lone Elm, Lebo, Gridley, Beto Junction, Harris, New Strawn, Neosho Rapids, Emporia, Waverly, Greeley, Garnett, Americus, Burlington, Olpe, John Redmond Reservoir, Colony, Le Roy, Hartford, and Westphalia. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 128 and 155. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 117 and 133.
Instruction: 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description: 
Lyon; Coffey; Anderson
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS