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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2009, 4:58 PM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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 15, 2009, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2009, 5:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 15, 5:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Wsw Baldwin City, KS | |
| May 15, 5:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 W Baldwin City, KS | |
| May 15, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Baldwin City, 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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 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 15, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 152158 SVRTOP KSC045-059-152245- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0097.090515T2158Z-090515T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 458 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF CENTROPOLIS...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OTTAWA... BALDWIN CITY... WELLSVILLE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 183 AND 199. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3855 9507 3860 9549 3877 9542 3880 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 270DEG 27KT 3866 9533 $$ HARDING
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 152213 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 513 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 KSC045-059-152245- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-090515T2245Z/ DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN- 513 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES... AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR BALDWIN CITY. OR 8 TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR BALDWIN CITY AT 512 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OTTAWA...BALDWIN CITY AND WELLSVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 199. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. && LAT...LON 3857 9507 3864 9547 3877 9542 3880 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 268DEG 22KT 3871 9533 $$ HARDING
000 WWUS53 KTOP 152222 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 522 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 KSC045-059-152245- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-090515T2245Z/ DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN- 522 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES... AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALDWIN CITY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BALDWIN CITY AND WELLSVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. && LAT...LON 3865 9506 3867 9534 3877 9536 3880 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 268DEG 22KT 3874 9524 $$ HARDING
000 WWUS53 KTOP 152232 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 532 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 KSC045-059-152242- /O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-090515T2245Z/ DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN- 532 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A LATER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. LAT...LON 3865 9506 3867 9534 3877 9536 3880 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 268DEG 22KT 3874 9516 $$ HARDING
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 15, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 319 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST...SFC CONVERGENCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF I-70 AND EXTENDED WEST TO THE COLD FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT INTERACT WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES. FARTHER SOUTH IN THE WARM SECTOR THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO THE VEERED LOW-LEVEL WINDS...HOWEVER ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES. THIS EVENING THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. INDIVIDUAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONGEAL INTO A SQUALL LINE BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA. THE TORNADO THREAT MAY BE ENHANCED ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...ESPECIALLY IF THE OFB BECOMES STATIONARY. ONCE THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA BY 03Z...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END. WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND ADVECT IN A DRY AND COOL AIRMASS. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL ONLY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 60S. GARGAN SUNDAY - MONDAY...500MB LONGWAVE TROUGH TRANSLATES EASTWARD...WHILE BROAD UPPER RIDGING EXPANDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS...LEAVING NE KS UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN...AND A PERIOD OF TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL PREVAIL. LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD GRADUALLY VEERS AROUND TO THE SOUTH MONDAY MORNING. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL BE A TOUCH BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS WITH COOL...POST-FRONTAL CANADIAN AIRMASS IN PLACE. MONDAY ON TRACK TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN SUNDAY WITH REESTABLISHMENT OF THE WARM ADVECTION REGIME. TUESDAY - FRIDAY...FOCUS IN THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE ON GRADUAL FLATTENING OF THE MIDLEVEL FLOW OVER THE PLAINS STATES AS A NORTHERN STREAM LONGWAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH CANADA. A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MEANDERS OVER NEBRASKA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SOME DEGREE OF OSCIALLTION TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH...BUT LITTLE FORCING IN THE WAY TO KICK THE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE REGION. MESOSCALE DETAILS TOUGH TO PINPOINT...AND WITH PRIMARY...ALBEIT STILL WEAK FORCING FOCUSED WELL NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...FOUND LITTLE REASON TO ADD POPS TO THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WORKWEEK WILL BE MILD...AND IN THE LOWER 80S FOR THE MOST PART. LUNDE && .AVIATION... THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST...SFC CONVERGENCE WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF I-70 AND EXTENDED NORTH TO THE COLD FRONT. ANY STORMS THAT INTERACT WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES. FARTHER SOUTH IN THE WARM SECTOR THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. GARGAN && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && GARGAN/LUNDE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 326 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-162030- 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 FRI MAY 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ALSO ALONG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO PRODUCING TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 15, 4:35 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
435 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL LAWRENCE 38.97N 95.24W
05/15/2009 E0.88 INCH DOUGLAS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JLLocal storm report, May 15, 4:39 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
439 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL POMONA 38.61N 95.45W
05/15/2009 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL HAIL REPORTED AT LAKE POMONA.
&&
JLLocal storm report, May 15, 4:43 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
443 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0441 PM HAIL 3 S WILLARD 39.05N 95.94W
05/15/2009 E0.88 INCH SHAWNEE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JLLocal storm report, May 15, 4:45 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
445 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0441 PM HAIL 2 NE POMONA 38.63N 95.43W
05/15/2009 E1.00 INCH FRANKLIN KS AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT LAKE POMONA.
&&
JLSpecial weather statement, May 15, 4:53 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 453 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 KSZ038-152230- WABAUNSEE- 453 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WABAUNSEE COUNTY... THROUGH 530 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE HARVEYVILLE AND ESKRIDGE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.
Local storm report, May 15, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
456 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 7 SE OVERBROOK 38.71N 95.47W
05/15/2009 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
JLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 48 min |
| May 15, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| May 15, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 33 min |
| May 15, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 24 min |
| May 15, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 23 min |
| May 15, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 22 min |
| May 15, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 23 min |
| May 15, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 35 min |
| May 15, 10:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 59 min |
| May 15, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 59 min |
| May 15, 10:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 4 hr |
| May 15, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 30 min |
| May 15, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 48 min |
| May 15, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 51 min |
| May 15, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 4 hr |
| May 15, 12:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Jackson | 112 min |
| May 15, 1:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 111 min |
| May 15, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| May 15, 2:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 12 hr |
| May 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 48 min |
| May 15, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 48 min |
| May 15, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 41 min |
| May 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 40 min |
| May 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 37 min |
| May 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| May 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 4 hr |
| May 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 10 min |
| May 15, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| May 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 45 min |
| May 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| May 15, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 42 min |
| May 15, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 49 min |
| May 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 112 min |
| May 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| May 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 30 min |
| May 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 31 min |
| May 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 4 hr |
| May 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 16 min |
| May 15, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 49 min |
| May 15, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 37 min |
| May 15, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 4 hr |
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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.