A severe thunderstorm risk hasn’t materialized for area counties yet, but the National Weather Service says it still exists.
The Weather Service has expanded an existing tornado watch to include Lyon, Coffey and Osage counties until midnight. Besides tornadoes, large hail, wind and heavy rainfall are also possible. Chase, Morris and Wabaunsee counties were part of an earlier watch expansion but those counties are now clear.
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7 pm Friday: Severe storm risk still in place through evening hours Thursday despite no reported development through afternoon hours
Afternoon storms failed to materialize for the KVOE listening area; however, we are not out of the woods yet, with storm potential still prevalent in the mid to late evening hours heading into Saturday.
According to National Weather Service Meteorologist Kyle Pogue, as of 4:30 pm, NWS was tracking storm development off to the east of the area, namely in Missouri and far eastern Kansas, that could push into the listening area alongside a cold front around 8 pm. Pogue tells KVOE News, that the main hazards with storms that develop will be high winds and large hail, noting that the high chances for tornadic development decreased largely, but not entirely, with the afternoon storm chances that never materialized.
Currently, Pogue says the chance for evening storm development remains at 80 percent, with the most likely window for development coming between 8 pm and 9 pm and clearing out of the area by midnight. Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for more weather updates as they develop.
9:30 am Friday:
The Friday morning severe weather threat is now over.
National Weather Service meteorologist Brandon Drake says scattered showers and storms remain possible.
To this point, no flooding has been officially reported, but KVOE News received a photo demonstrating road flooding on Lyon County Road 10 just west of Coffey County Angus Road, as well as Lyon County Roads X and Y, both between Roads 10 and 20.
The National Weather Service had issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for southeast Lyon County, as well as most of Coffey and Osage counties, early Friday morning. Far northeast Coffey County is in a flood advisory until noon.
Rain totals:
*KVOE studios: 0.20 inches
*Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.16 inches
*10th and Weaver: 0.20 inches
*South and Sylvan: 0.30 inches
*1100 block Constitution: 0.35 inches
*3 miles east of Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.72 inches
*3.5 miles west of Emporia Golf Course: 0.20 inches
*1 mile north of Allen: 0.15 inch
*Eagle Creek Rock Quarry: 1.50 inches
*Between Hartford and Olpe: 1 inch
*6 miles north of Gridley: 3 inches
*Kansas Highway 99 at Lyon-Greenwood county line: 1 inch
*Lamont: 2.40 inches
*Lebo Heidi Inn: 0.90 inches
*Neosho Rapids: 0.50 inches
*2 miles north of Olpe: 2 inches
*5 miles southwest of Olpe: 1 inch
Later, as in by mid- to late afternoon, there is an enhanced risk of all severe weather hazards. Drake says the afternoon and evening severe weather risk hinges greatly on the morning activity ending soon.
Drake anticipates two potential rounds of storm activity later Friday, with the first round developing in north-central Kansas by late afternoon.
A second round could develop by mid- to late evening.
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2 am Friday
Strong thunderstorms are possible at times Friday. Flooding rainfall is also possible for at least part of the KVOE listening area.
The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for southeast Lyon County, as well as most of Coffey and Osage counties, until 7 am. The Weather Service says this reflects anywhere from 1-1.50 inches of rain from late Thursday night up to 2 am Friday as part of one round of strong storms moving across the southern half of the KVOE listening area. Another 0.50-1 inches of rain is possible during the alert period. Towns in the alert box include Burlington, Lyndon, Lebo, Waverly, Olpe, New Strawn, Melvern, Hartford, Gridley, Neosho Rapids, Olivet, John Redmond Reservoir, Beto Junction and Melvern Lake. Interstate 35 between mile markers 138 and 169 is also included.
Another round of strong storms is possible before mid-morning.
Later, as in by mid- to late afternoon, there is an enhanced risk of all severe weather hazards. The afternoon and evening risk hinges largely on whether the cloud deck thins out and gives time for sunshine to destabilize the atmosphere. The Storm Prediction Center’s early guidance Friday morning indicates eastern Kansas doesn’t have the same potential for widespread severe weather, but there is a conditional risk for very large hail and at least a few tornadoes.
Be sure to stay with KVOE and KVOE.com for updates. If you haven’t already connected to KVOE’s social media platforms, this is the time to do so because we send instant alerts on watches and warnings through our channels — Facebook and Instagram, both @kvoenews, and X@kvoeam1400. We also have weather outlooks and reports through YouTube@kvoenews.
