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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

March 22, 2007Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2007, 6:09 AM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
Mar 22, 2007, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2007, 6:43 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2007-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1474 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
1474 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 221109
SVRTOP
KSC045-221200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0013.070322T1109Z-070322T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
609 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 609 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LAWRENCE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE...
  BALDWIN CITY...
  EUDORA...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 206.

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
NOW...AND AVOID WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3897 9516 3897 9510 3896 9510 3897 9503
      3874 9505 3876 9538 3900 9548 3900 9543
      3903 9528 3904 9516

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 221125
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
625 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

KSC045-221200-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070322T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-
625 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAWRENCE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUDORA.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 206.

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
NOW...AND AVOID WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3897 9516 3897 9510 3896 9510 3897 9503
      3874 9505 3880 9518 3903 9537 3903 9528
      3904 9516

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 221143
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
643 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

KSC045-221153-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070322T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-
643 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 206.

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

LAT...LON 3897 9516 3897 9510 3896 9510 3897 9503
      3874 9505 3880 9518 3903 9537 3903 9528
      3904 9516

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington49 min
Mar 22, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee40 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.