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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Topeka, KS

July 3, 2009Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2009, 6:04 PM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 3, 2009, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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 Jul 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 23 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 23 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic46 min
Jul 3, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.