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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS

May 13, 2009Anderson County, Coffey County, Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2009, 5:51 PM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 7 reports 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: May 13, 2009, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 13, 5:52 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 Ne Burlington, KS	KMBC HELICOPTER AND THE PUBLIC OBSERVED A BRIEF TORNADO.
May 13, 6:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Sw Harris, KS	TOOK VIDEO OF A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR THE COFFEY AND ANDERSON COUNTY LINE. WAS ON THE GROUND FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE.
May 13, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Nnw Garnett, KS
May 13, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 N Westphalia, KS
May 13, 6:16 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 Wnw Westphalia, KS
May 13, 6:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Nw Westphalia, KS
May 13, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 W Westphalia, KS

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 13, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 848 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 132251
SVRTOP
KSC003-031-059-132345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0071.090513T2251Z-090513T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
551 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE HAIL.
   THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
  SOUTH OF WILLIAMSBURG TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTAWA TO 30 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARRIS...
  WESTPHALIA...
  RICHMOND...
  GARNETT...
  LANE...
  COLONY...
  GREELEY...
  LONE ELM...
  KINCAID...

AT 548 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES 
WEST SOUTHWEST OF HALLS SUMMIT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9551 3822 9580 3843 9563 3843 9551
      3849 9550 3849 9506 3803 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 276DEG 28KT 3843 9546 3822 9569

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 132304
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
604 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

KSC059-132314-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090513T2345Z/
FRANKLIN-
604 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WILL STAY SOUTH OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.  
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3808 9551 3819 9574 3839 9554 3839 9506
      3803 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 288DEG 22KT 3838 9538 3817 9561

$$

KSC003-031-132345-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090513T2345Z/
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
604 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR ANDERSON AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEY COUNTIES...

AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARRIS TO 7 MILES WEST OF WESTPHALIA...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA TO 34 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARRIS...WESTPHALIA...GARNETT...GREELEY...COLONY...LONE ELM AND 
KINCAID.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9551 3819 9574 3839 9554 3839 9506
      3803 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 288DEG 22KT 3838 9538 3817 9561

$$

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 132313
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
613 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

KSC003-031-132345-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090513T2345Z/
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
613 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR ANDERSON AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEY COUNTIES...

AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF GARNETT TO 6 MILES WEST OF WESTPHALIA...OR ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTPHALIA...GARNETT...GREELEY...LONE ELM...KINCAID AND COLONY.

QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF GARNETT AND 5 MILES 
NORTH OF WESTPHALIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 9507 3808 9551 3819 9573 3839 9539
      3839 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 288DEG 22KT 3836 9532 3817 9559

$$

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 132322
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
622 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

KSC003-031-132345-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090513T2345Z/
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
622 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR ANDERSON AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEY COUNTIES...

AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM GREELEY TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTPHALIA...OR 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA TO 37 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARNETT...WESTPHALIA...LONE ELM...KINCAID AND COLONY.

GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR WESTPHALIA ALONG THE ANDERSON 
COFFEY COUNTY LINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 9507 3808 9551 3816 9568 3839 9525
      3839 9513 3839 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 288DEG 22KT 3833 9514 3814 9558

$$

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 May 13, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
247 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...

COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHING ACROSS CWA ATTM...CURRENTLY JUST PASSING
MANHATTAN. TOP 18 UTC SOUNDING INDICATED AIRMASS VERY CAPPED WITH
LITTLE CHANCE OF SURFACE HEATING HAVING ENOUGH ENERGY TO INITIATE
CONVECTION AWAY FRONT THE FRONT. BETTER MOISTURE AND WIND SHEAR
EXIST SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA...AND LOOKS LIKE MAIN THREAT FOR
THIS PORTION OF KANSAS WILL BE A POTENTIAL SQUALL LINE ALONG OR JUST
PROCEEDING THE COLD FRONT. HIGH RES ARW WRF SUGGESTS INITIATION
AFTER 21 UTC IN SOUTH EAST KANSAS. HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THIS WITH
HIGHER POPS IN THIS AREA. TOMORROW SHOULD BE A QUIET POST-FRONTAL
DAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN MAKING FOR LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES.

HARDING

THURSDAY NIGHT...A 5H TROUGH WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
WEST-CENTRAL CONUS INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY 12Z
FRI. THE LEE SFC TROUGH WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AS
WESTERLY FLOW AT MID LEVELS INCREASES. SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS
ALONG WITH LLJ WILL ADVECT DEEPER GULF MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHERN TX
AND OK NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN KS. ISENTROPIC LIFT/WAA AHEAD OF THE
DEEP MOISTURE RETURN WILL CAUSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WE MAY SEE A BREAK IN THE PRECIP FROM THE
LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH AROUND 21Z AS THE STRONGER ISENTROPIC
LIFT/WAA SHIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE CWA. THE 5H TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH 00Z SAT. A COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE
CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF THE
5H TROUGH WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CWA DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AN ENVIRONMENT WITH SBCAPE OF
2,000 TO 3,000 J/KG AND 0-6 KFT BULK SHEAR OF 25 TO 40 KTS MAY BE
SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE LOW-LEVEL WINDS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT LOOK TO VEER AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUS THE THREAT
FOR TORNADOES WILL BE VERY LOW...BUT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL
PUSH SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THE RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA
DURING THE NIGHT. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER
70S...THOUGH AREAS SOUTHEAST OF THE COLD FRONT MAY WARM INTO THE
LOWER 80S IF WE SEE MORE INSOLATION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE 5H TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EAST
CENTRAL CONUS AND AMPLIFY WHILE A 5H RIDGE AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE
WESTERN CONUS. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH A SFC RIDGE
BUILDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL KEEP
THE CWA DRY WITH COOLER THAN SEASONAL NORM TEMPERATURES. HIGHS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE AROUND 70 TO THE LOWER 70S. AS THE SFC
RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON...HIGHS WILL
WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE 5H RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS WILL
MOVE EAST INTO THE PLAINS STATES. A LEE SFC TROUGH WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP TO WARM
TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S.

GARGAN

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL NEXT 24 HOURS. MAIN CONCERN AT
TAF SITES IS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. EXPECT ALL 3 LOCATIONS TO SEE
PASSAGE AROUND 20-21 UTC. POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND IN
VICINITY OF THIS FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN
AROUND 330 DEGREES AOB 15 KNOTS. MIDDLE CLOUD CEILINGS WILL ALSO
PERSIST THOUGH THE EVENING...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS
EXPECTED BY TOMORROW MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTHEAST.

HARDING

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

HARDING/GARGAN

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
326 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-142030-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
326 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE ALONG A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY MAY
BE STRONG TO SEVERE AS THEY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 5:36 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
536 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0532 PM     HAIL             1 S MELVERN             38.49N 95.64W
05/13/2009  E1.75 INCH       OSAGE              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, May 13, 5:40 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
540 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     HAIL             3 S MELVERN             38.46N 95.63W
05/13/2009  E2.00 INCH       OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, May 13, 5:41 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             4 E MELVERN             38.51N 95.56W
05/13/2009  E1.25 INCH       OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, May 13, 5:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
545 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0529 PM     HAIL             7 E LEBO                38.42N 95.72W
05/13/2009  E1.75 INCH       COFFEY             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

WOLTERS

Special weather statement, May 13, 5:46 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
546 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

KSZ040-056-132315-
DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-
546 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

THROUGH 615 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE PLEASANT GROVE...BALDWIN CITY...
VINLAND...WELLSVILLE AND EUDORA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE
WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

Local storm report, May 13, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
548 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             5 SW WAVERLY            38.34N 95.67W
05/13/2009  E0.88 INCH       COFFEY             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRNE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	25 min
May 13, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	52 min
May 13, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	39 min
May 13, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	16 min
May 13, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.