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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

April 6, 20105 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2010, 3:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 24 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
Apr 6, 2010, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2010, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 6, 3:44 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 N Burlingame, KS
Apr 6, 3:44 PM CDTHAIL 0.754 N Burlingame, KS
Apr 6, 3:48 PM CDTHAIL 13 Ssw Auburn, KS
Apr 6, 3:57 PM CDTHAIL 11 W Overbrook, KS
Apr 6, 3:58 PM CDTHAIL 0.754 Sse Scranton, KSSTRONG WINDS 40-50 MPH BLOWING HAIL
Apr 6, 4:10 PM CDTHAIL 11 W Overbrook, KSQUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS OBSERVED.
Apr 6, 4:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 601 Wnw Perry, KS
Apr 6, 4:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 603 E Perry, KS
Apr 6, 4:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 Wnw Perry, KS
Apr 6, 4:15 PM CDTHAIL 15 Ne Overbrook, KS
Apr 6, 4:18 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ese Carbondale, KS30 FOOT TALL TREE 13 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN ACROSS ROAD
Apr 6, 4:23 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 Nw Mclouth, KS
Apr 6, 4:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ese Carbondale, KS30 FOOT TALL TREE 13 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN ACROSS ROAD
Apr 6, 4:25 PM CDTHAIL 1Clinton, KS
Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDTHAIL 11 E Mclouth, KSWIND ALSO GUST 55 MPH ESTIMATED
Apr 6, 4:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLawrence, KSTIME ESTIMATED. SOCCER GOAL BLOWN TEN YARDS INTO ADJOINING FIELD. ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS
Apr 6, 4:32 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Lawrence, KSDELAYED REPORT. POWER LINE WAS DOWN AT 6TH AND MAINE AS WELL AS 25TH AND IOWA. TREE DOWN NEAR 8TH AND ALABAMA.
Apr 6, 4:32 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Lawrence, KSTREE SNAPPED NEAR 6TH AND IOWA AS WELL AS NEAR MCDONALD AND PRINCETON.
Apr 6, 4:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 S Mclouth, KS4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.
Apr 6, 4:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 Nnw Lawrence, KS
Apr 6, 4:35 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nnw Lawrence, KS
Apr 6, 4:37 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Lawrence, KS
Apr 6, 4:37 PM CDTHAIL 0.754 N Lawrence, KS
Apr 6, 4:39 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 68Lawrence, KS

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 27 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2010-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1743 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2010-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 522 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1743 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
522 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
542 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

496 
WUUS53 KTOP 062043
SVRTOP
KSC045-087-139-177-197-062130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0021.100406T2043Z-100406T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
343 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SCRANTON...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CARBONDALE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUBURN...
  CARBONDALE...
  OVERBROOK...
  TOPEKA...
  PAULINE...
  BERRYTON...
  RICHLAND...
  TECUMSEH...
  LONE STAR...
  GRANTVILLE...
  CLINTON...
  LECOMPTON...
  PERRY...
  LAWRENCE...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...
  OSKALOOSA...
  MCLOUTH...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 206.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9573 3889 9602 3936 9518 3930 9516
      3913 9517 3912 9518 3897 9518 3896 9511
      3898 9507 3897 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 232DEG 48KT 3883 9580
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
150 
WWUS53 KTOP 062108
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
408 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

KSC197-062116-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100406T2130Z/
WABAUNSEE-
408 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3871 9573 3877 9582 3907 9566 3936 9518
      3930 9516 3913 9517 3912 9518 3897 9518
      3896 9511 3898 9507 3897 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 232DEG 48KT 3903 9547

$$

KSC045-087-139-177-062130-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100406T2130Z/
JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-
408 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE...NORTHERN DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE AND
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TECUMSEH...OR 11 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING 
INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LECOMPTON...PERRY...LAWRENCE...WILLIAMSTOWN...OSKALOOSA...
CARBONDALE...OVERBROOK...CLINTON LAKE...AND MCLOUTH.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 206.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IF YOUR
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A
BUILDING NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9573 3877 9582 3907 9566 3936 9518
      3930 9516 3913 9517 3912 9518 3897 9518
      3896 9511 3898 9507 3897 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 232DEG 48KT 3903 9547
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
038 
WWUS53 KTOP 062119
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
419 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

KSC045-087-139-177-062130-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100406T2130Z/
JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE-
419 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE...NORTHERN DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE AND
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 414 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PERRY...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCE...CLINTON LAKE...OSKALOOSA AND MCLOUTH.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 206.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IF YOUR
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A
BUILDING NOW.

AT 414 PM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED 3 MILES 
EAST OF PERRY WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK 
SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9568 3917 9549 3936 9518 3930 9516
      3913 9517 3912 9518 3897 9518 3896 9511
      3898 9507 3897 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 235DEG 43KT 3911 9531
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Marshall, Riley, Washington29 min
Apr 5, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha18 min
Apr 5, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall37 min
Apr 5, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington52 min
Apr 5, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington34 min
Apr 5, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington31 min
Apr 5, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington32 min
Apr 5, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall17 min
Apr 5, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall, Washington27 min
Apr 5, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall11 min
Apr 6, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee37 min
Apr 6, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee41 min
Apr 6, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee46 min
Apr 6, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage43 min
Apr 6, 4:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPLyon111 min
Apr 6, 4:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas81 min
Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson22 min
Apr 6, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee38 min
Apr 6, 5:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPLyon2 hr
Apr 6, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon49 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.