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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

April 10, 2008Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2008, 6:51 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2008, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2008, 7:09 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lyon County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 10, 6:59 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 E Admire, KSPOWERLINE DOWN BEHIND HOUSE. LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN FROM DEAD TREE. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 12:00Z on 2008-04-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2008-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 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 102351
SVRTOP
KSC111-110030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0021.080410T2351Z-080411T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
651 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM ALLEN TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ADMIRE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA TO 6 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 66 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 153.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM. TAKE COVER INSIDE A
BUILDING.

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

LAT...LON 3839 9610 3851 9616 3866 9625 3871 9627
      3873 9627 3873 9594 3869 9594 3868 9595
      3848 9595 3837 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 224DEG 57KT 3873 9615 3846 9603

$$

BOUSTEAD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 102356
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
655 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

KSC111-110030-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080411T0030Z/
LYON-
655 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY...

AT 653 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ALLEN TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADMIRE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 23 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA TO 11 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 63 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ADMIRE AND RURAL AREAS TO OVER NORTHEAST LYON COUNTY. 

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 153.

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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

LAT...LON 3839 9610 3851 9616 3866 9625 3871 9627
      3873 9627 3873 9594 3869 9594 3868 9595
      3848 9595 3837 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 226DEG 55KT 3875 9609 3848 9597

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 110009
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
708 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

KSC111-110018-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080411T0030Z/
LYON-
708 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

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

AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE 
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 
TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN LYON COUNTY THROUGH 745 
PM. 

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 3839 9610 3851 9616 3866 9625 3871 9627
      3873 9627 3873 9594 3869 9594 3868 9595
      3848 9595 3837 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 226DEG 55KT 3889 9590 3861 9578

$$

BOUSTEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 4:18 AM CDTWind AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Coffey14 hr
Apr 10, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson23 min
Apr 10, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee34 min
Apr 10, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris12 min
Apr 10, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee23 min
Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee33 min
Apr 10, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.