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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Topeka, KS
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
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 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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</html>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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CAVANAUGHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 117 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 47 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.