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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 8:46 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2006, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1944 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 335 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS FLOW WILL PARALLEL SURFACE FRONT NOW STALLED FROM WEST OF WICHITA TO NEAR BEATRICE. THUS...LITTLE MOVEMENT TO FRONT EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW. PERSISTENT SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT COUPLED WITH WEAK IMPULSES MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS. WHILE SURFACE PATTERN SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED BY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM DEPARTING CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...MOST PERSISTENT AND DEEP LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE COINCIDES WITH POSITION OF SURFACE FRONT AND WOULD THUS EXPECT INITIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM ABILENE TO WASHINGTON AND MARYSVILLE BY EARLY TO MID EVENING. CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY...WITH ML CAPE OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG SHOULD LEAD TO SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES OF 20 TO 30 KTS EXPECTED TO LIMIT ORGANIZATION OF STORMS WITH WIND AND HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. WITH LIMITED STORM STRUCTURE...DEEP HIGH REFLECTIVITIES WITHIN THE STORM ARE LIKELY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY RAIN. SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.5 INCHES SHOULD INCREASE THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT. WITH BOUNDARY CONTINUING IN THE AREA ON TUESDAY...CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN. GFS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH QPF...ALBEIT IN UNREALISTIC BULLSEYES. HAVE CONTINUED 40 TO 50 PERCENT POPS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN KS ON TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. WITH THE BOUNDARY IN THE AREA...AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY FROM H5 SOUTHWEST FLOW...THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES REMAIN ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE HEAVY RAIN. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER / PRECIP WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN CHECK WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S WEDS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...H5 RIDGE BUILDS IN THE WEST...PROVIDING A MORE MERIDIONAL PATTERN...AND NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE BOUNDARY TO BE PUSHED SOUTH OF THE TOP CWA. SOME DISCREPANCIES ON HOW FAST THIS PUSH WILL TAKE PLACE WITH THE NAM AND GFS A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE EC / UKMET. BROUGHT PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO AN END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. NOT A BIG PUSH OF COOL AIR...SO EXPECT TEMPS BE NEAR CLIMO NORMALS. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...H5 RIDGE CONTINUE TO BUILD...PUSHING MAIN DYNAMICS INTO THE NORTHERN TIER STATES. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES EAST OF THE CWA FRIDAY WHILE LEE SIDE TROUGH DIGS IN. EC AND GFS HINT AT SOME ENERGY COMING THROUGH IN THE SUNDAY NIGHT / MONDAY TIME FRAME BUT NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO JUSTIFY CHANGING DRY FORECAST. WARMING TREND SEEMS CERTAIN...BUMPED UP TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BUT MAY HAVE TO GO HIGHER IN SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS IF PATTERN LOOKS MORE CERTAIN. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 400 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-302100- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 400 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL THEN MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN HAZARD. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL LIKELY MOVE VERY SLOWLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. FLOODING POTENTIAL IS GREATEST EAST OF A SENECA TO EMPORIA LINE WHERE MONDAY MORNING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS ALREADY SATURATED THE SOIL IN SOME LOCALES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 29, 8:13 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 813 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 KSZ009-300200- WASHINGTON- 813 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 THROUGH 900 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME COMMUNITIES THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE HOLLENBERG. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:32 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 832 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 KSZ034-300215- OTTAWA- 832 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 THROUGH 915 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTH AT 20 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL... STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME COMMUNITIES THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE TESCOTT AND ADA. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Local storm report, May 29, 8:38 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
838 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0831 PM HAIL 9 NNW CLIFTON 39.69N 97.34W
05/29/2006 E0.88 INCH WASHINGTON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BYRNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 47 min |
| May 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 43 min |
| May 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 37 min |
| May 29, 9:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 35 min |
| May 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.