Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2008, 3:56 AM CDT for Brown County, Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2008, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KTOP 310856
SVRTOP
KSC013-085-310945-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0013.080331T0856Z-080331T0945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
356 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 353 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF KICKAPOO RESERVATION...OR 16
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KICKAPOO RESERVATION...
FAIRVIEW...
POWHATTAN...
MORRILL...
HORTON...
HAMLIN...
WILLIS...
HIAWATHA...
EVEREST...
RESERVE...
ROBINSON...
IOWA SAC AND FOX RESERVATION...
THIS REPLACES AND EXTENDS THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY.
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 3999 9532 3965 9532 3964 9534 3964 9553
3946 9555 3937 9567 3970 9578 4000 9579
4000 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0856Z 246DEG 33KT 3972 9575
$$
BOUSTEAD2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 310917
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
417 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
KSC085-310927-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080331T0945Z/
JACKSON-
417 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3999 9532 3965 9532 3964 9534 3964 9553
3966 9557 3972 9557 3997 9561 4000 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 241DEG 44KT 3998 9542 3970 9532
$$
KSC013-310945-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080331T0945Z/
BROWN-
417 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN BROWN COUNTY...
AT 414 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
IOWA SAC AND FOX RESERVATION TO 3 MILES EAST OF EVEREST...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIAWATHA TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ATCHISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
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 3999 9532 3965 9532 3964 9534 3964 9553
3966 9557 3972 9557 3997 9561 4000 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 241DEG 44KT 3998 9542 3970 9532
$$
BOUSTEAD000
WWUS53 KTOP 310938
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
438 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
KSC013-310948-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080331T0945Z/
BROWN-
438 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BROWN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...
AT 438 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE
WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3999 9532 3965 9532 3964 9534 3964 9553
3966 9557 3972 9557 3997 9561 4000 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 241DEG 44KT 4010 9512 3982 9503
$$
BOUSTEADThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 5:04 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.