Category: Bonner Springs

The National Weather Service has issued a thunderstorm warning until 5:15 p.m. for northeastern Wyandotte County, including part of Kansas City, Kansas.

According to the weather service, at 4:14 p.m., severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bonner Springs to Spring Hill to near Lone Elm, moving east at 45 mph.

The storm has 70 mph wind gusts and quarter-size hail, according to the weather service.

Residents are asked to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

This storm has already produced widespread wind damage across the Topeka and Lawrence areas.

Weather radar shows some of this storm moved further south than originally anticipated.

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A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. today for Wyandotte County, according to the National Weather Service.

Radar has shown a line of severe thunderstorms from near Valley Falls to Ozawkie to Lecompton, to near Lyndon, moving east at 55 mph, the weather service said.

This storm has a potential of 70 mph wind gusts and quarter-size hail. The storms are producing widespread wind damage across the Topeka area, the weather service said.

Residents are asked to seek shelter now inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows.

Bonner Springs and some surrounding communities are in the path of the storm, according to the weather service.

Residents should move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.