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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 12:53 AM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- May 2, 2008, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 2, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 25 min |
| May 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 46 min |
| May 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 41 min |
| May 1, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 18 min |
| May 1, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 63 min |
| May 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| May 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 49 min |
| May 2, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 55 min |
| May 2, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 43 min |
| May 2, 12:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 24 min |
| May 2, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 44 min |
| May 2, 1:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 27 min |
| May 2, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.