Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2008, 4:38 AM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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
- Sep 8, 2008, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Douglas County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Sep 7, 11:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 11:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 8:49 PM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 849 PM CDT SUN SEP 7 2008 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081500- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 849 PM CDT SUN SEP 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO HIAWATHA. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH 5 AM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. DUE TO FAVORABLE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE BETTER INSTABILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK NORTHWARD TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL A HALF INCH OR GREATER IN SIZE. BOUSTEAD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 305 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 KSZ035-036-080830- DICKINSON-GEARY- 305 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 THROUGH 330 AM CDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN DICKINSON AND EASTERN GEARY COUNTIES. AS THESE STORMS PASS...EXPECT PENNY SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MILFORD STATE PARK...JUNCTION CITY...CHAPMAN AND GRANDVIEW PLAZA. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 290 AND 301 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 331 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 KSZ038-039-055-080900- OSAGE-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE- 331 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 THROUGH 400 AM CDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE...NORTHWEST OSAGE AND SOUTHWEST SHAWNEE COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ESKRIDGE...HARVEYVILLE AND DOVER. MOTORISTS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 167 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:46 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 346 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 KSZ022-035-036-080915- DICKINSON-GEARY-RILEY- 346 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 THROUGH 415 AM CDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS NORTHEAST DICKINSON...GEARY...AND RILEY COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE GRANDVIEW PLAZA...OGDEN...JUNCTION CITY...KEATS AND WESTERN MANHATTAN. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 290 AND 315 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:12 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 412 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 KSZ022-038-080945- RILEY-WABAUNSEE- 412 AM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 THROUGH 445 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BRING WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ALMA...MCFARLAND AND PAXICO. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 317 AND 340 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 6:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Jefferson | 82 min |
Nearby
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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.