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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 3:21 PM CDT for Atchison County, Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1989, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Brown, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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KSZ013-015-261800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 AT 1153 AM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST TOPEKA AT 1130 AM...HAD DISSIPATED. WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN NORTHEAST EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATER ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF SEVERAL INCHES COULD FALL IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. BILLS
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne, Russell | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Atchison | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 4 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.