Thunderstorms in the Mid-Mississippi Valley and Florida; Fire Weather Concerns in the Northern Plains

Isolated severe storms capable of hail and gusty winds are possible mainly this evening across portions of the mid-Mississippi Valley. Clusters of thunderstorms may produce isolated flash flooding in the Florida peninsula. Elevated fire weather risk is possible in the Northern Plains into western Minnesota. Read More >

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Summary of Severe Storms from April 13, 2026 Including the Ottawa, KS Tornado

Published 2026-04-14

Summary of Severe Storms from April 13, 2026 Including the Ottawa, KS Tornado

Severe Weather Preparedness Week March 2-6th

Published 2026-02-09

2026 Spotter Show Schedule

Published 2026-02-03

Fire Weather Information

Published 2026-02-03

NWS Topeka System Upgrade June 16-18th

Published 2025-06-09

1966 Topeka Tornado - A meteorological review

Published 2025-06-05

June 8 1974 Emporia Tornado

Published 2025-06-03

Shunganunga Creek Flood Stage Changes

Published 2025-04-26

Changes to flood stage categories for the Shunganunga Creek at Topeka, KS.

Soliciting Comments for the Discontinuation of the Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table Product (RTP)

Published 2024-10-16

Severe Weather Preparedness Week - March 4-8, 2024

Published 2024-02-23

NWS Topeka Fire Weather Information

Published 2024-02-07

2024 Spotter Show Schedule

Published 2024-01-30

Heat Safety Tips and Resources

Published 2023-07-12

Seeking comments on the NWS â€œAdvisoryâ€ and â€œSpecial Weather Statementsâ€ being replaced by plain language messages.

Published 2023-05-18

May 12, 2023 Brown and Jackson County Tornadoes

Published 2023-05-14

2023 Severe Weather Preparedness Week Information

Published 2023-02-17

2023 Spotter Class Schedule!

Published 2023-02-07

Winter Weather Awareness Day November 17th

Published 2022-11-14

June 11, 2022 - Tornadoes and Damaging Winds from Marysville to Manhattan

Published 2022-06-28

A large, high-precipitation supercell moved south across northeast Kansas over a five hour period. The supercell produced four EF-1 tornadoes, as well as several areas of straight-line winds in excess of 80 mph from the rear flank downdraft of the supercell:

April 29th Severe Weather Event Summary

Published 2022-05-09

EF-1 Tornado in Jefferson County on March 29

Published 2022-03-31

Fire Weather Information

Published 2022-03-25

Kansas Severe Weather Preparedness Week March 7-11th

Published 2022-02-11

Severe Storm Safety and Information Show Schedule 2022

Published 2022-02-07

New â€œDestructiveâ€ Severe Thunderstorm Warning category to trigger Wireless Emergency Alerts on mobile phones

Published 2021-08-06

June 8th 1974 Emporia Tornado

Published 2021-06-05

10 Year Anniversary of EF-3 Reading and Quenemo Tornado

Published 2021-05-21

Kansas Wildfire Awareness Week Feb 15-19th - Fire Management Info Here

Published 2021-02-12

View Statewide Weather Graphics for Kansas

Published 2020-12-18

New Radar Display Page Information

Published 2020-12-08

We need your opinions! Please take our Frost / Freeze product public survey open until 12/17/20

Published 2020-11-16

Try out our New Prototype NWS Radar Page!

Published 2020-06-24

National Lightning Safety Awareness Week June 21-27

Published 2020-06-17

Everyone Can Help Prevent Hot Car Deaths-Look Before You Lock

Published 2020-06-15

Online Spotter Training Resources

Published 2020-04-20

Want to learn about weather from home?

Published 2020-03-26

NWS Topeka Spring Flood Outlook #1

Published 2020-02-17

PLEASE NOTE: All Remaining Spotter Talks for 2020 have been CANCELLED

Published 2020-01-22

Snowfall Reports over the last 24 Hours

Published 2019-12-16

Severe thunderstorms Damaging wind gusts

Published 2019-07-10

Wednesday morning, July 10th, a line of severe thunderstorms moved east-southeast out of south central Nebraska, then southeast across north central and portions of northeast Kansas.

Don't Leave Children in Parked Vehicles! Look Before You Lock!

Published 2019-06-20

Get ready for summer weather hazards by visiting our summer safety website

Published 2019-06-20

Fire Weather Forecast Information

Published 2019-04-02

Latest Snow Amounts and Map

Published 2019-03-30

Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Week March 4-8

Published 2019-02-20

Winter Weather Safety

Published 2018-11-11

Winter is here! Are you prepared? Find out more on the various threats winter weather can pose and how you can stay informed & safe at home, on the road, or outside.

Winter Weather Awareness Day Nov 15th

Published 2018-11-06

2018-19 Winter Outlook

Published 2018-10-18

NEW DATE: IPAWS National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Published 2018-09-11

On Wednesday, October 3rd at 1:18 PM CDT, FEMA and the FCC will send a TEST Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) message to nearly all wireless devices in the United States.