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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Topeka, KS

August 13, 2010Dickinson County, Geary County, Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2010, 5:27 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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: Aug 13, 2010, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 13, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Aug 13, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:28 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:05 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:12 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:24 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	18 min
Aug 13, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	18 min
Aug 13, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	37 min
Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Geary, Riley	52 min
Aug 13, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	46 min
Aug 13, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	40 min
Aug 13, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	39 min
Aug 13, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	49 min
Aug 13, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	44 min
Aug 13, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	49 min
Aug 13, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	24 min
Aug 13, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	30 min
Aug 13, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	48 min
Aug 13, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	65 min
Aug 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	15 min
Aug 13, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee	39 min
Aug 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	49 min
Aug 13, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	43 min
Aug 13, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	40 min
Aug 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	16 min
Aug 13, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	18 min
Aug 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.