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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS

October 13, 2007Geary County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2007, 4:18 AM CDT for Geary County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2007, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2007, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 130919
SVRTOP
KSC061-127-197-130945-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0113.071013T0918Z-071013T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 415 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
  DWIGHT...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING     
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VOLLAND...
  ALTA VISTA...

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3895 9653 3901 9635 3895 9621 3882 9621
      3875 9630 3872 9652 3889 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 255DEG 31KT 3885 9651

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee22 min
Oct 13, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha18 min
Oct 13, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris29 min
Oct 13, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee32 min
Oct 13, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage34 min
Oct 13, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee44 min
Oct 13, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson4 hr
Oct 13, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Marshall, Nemaha4 hr
Oct 13, 5:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall67 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.