Tornado warning for Shawnee Co., counties under watch
UPDATE 7:11 a.m.: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for eastern Jackson County until 8 a.m.
UPDATE 6:46 a.m.: There was a confirmed tornado touchdown for a few minutes near Richland Kansas in rural SE Shawnee County, according to Fox4KC Meteorologist Jacob Lanier. It has lifted now as the storm moves over the Turnpike.
UPDATE 6:33 a.m.: A tornado warning will be in effect until 6:45 a.m. for southeastern Shawnee County, northwest Douglas and northeast Osage County.
UPDATE 6:16 a.m.: A tornado warning has been issued for southeastern Shawnee County, northwestern Douglas County and Northeastern Osage County. A severe thunderstorm with indicated rotation was located near Overbrook.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Much of northeast Kansas is under a tornado watch.
At 4:30 a.m. the National Weather Service announced it will be under a tornado watch until 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
Northeast Kansas counties included in the watch are:
- Allen
- Chase
- Franklin
- Jackson
- Marion
- Pottawatomie
- Wabaunsee
- Anderson
- Coffey
- Geary
- Jefferson
- Morris
- Riley
- Woodson
- Brown
- Douglas
- Greenwood
- Lyon
- Osage
- Shawnee
Other counties under a tornado watch until 8 a.m. in north central and northeast Kansas include:
- Washington
- Marshall
- Nemaha
A watch means that the conditions in our atmosphere are favorable for severe weather and you still have time to prepare.
But as soon as a tornado warning is issued, it’s time to take cover inside of a sturdy structure because severe weather is immediate or actively occurring. In the case of a tornado, that means that either rotation has been indicated on radar or a trained spotter has seen a tornado.
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