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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Topeka, KS

June 8, 2008Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 6:13 PM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 8, 2008, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Jun 8, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
358 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-092100-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
358 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA. A FEW MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT THE
PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
ABILENE TO HOLTON. PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING FROM THESE STORMS
MAY CAUSE FLOODING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FOR THE
AFOREMENTIONED AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS MONDAY MORNING...AND FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH
HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING CONTINUING TO BE POSSIBLE. RIVERS AND
CREEKS IN THIS AREA MAY ALSO FLOOD ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE FOR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO
REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TOPEKA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:29 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
612 PM CDT SUN JUN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0609 PM     HAIL             CLINTON LAKE            38.92N 95.38W
06/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       DOUGLAS            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED AT WAKARUSA MUSIC FESTIVAL.

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CAVANAUGH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha39 min
Jun 8, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee42 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson48 min
Jun 8, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson38 min
Jun 8, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson28 min
Jun 8, 6:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas117 min
Jun 8, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin47 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.