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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS

April 29, 2010Cloud County, Republic County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2010, 9:12 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 29, 2010, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington 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
Apr 29, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 Apr 29, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
552 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

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

0436 PM     HAIL             5 SSW GLASCO            39.29N 97.88W
04/29/2010  E1.75 INCH       OTTAWA             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED VIA TRAINED SPOTTER. HAIL
            DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO TRACTOR.

&&

COMITT

Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
616 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

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

0615 PM     HAIL             SE BELLEVILLE           39.82N 97.63W
04/29/2010  E1.25 INCH       REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRNE

Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
630 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

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

0610 PM     HAIL             BELLEVILLE              39.82N 97.63W
04/29/2010  E0.75 INCH       REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
651 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

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

0648 PM     HAIL             2 NNW HADDAM            39.88N 97.31W
04/29/2010  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BYRNE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Washington	16 min
Apr 29, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic	46 min
Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	25 min
Apr 29, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	44 min
Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Republic	4 hr
Apr 29, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa, Republic	46 min
Apr 29, 10:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	3 hr
Apr 29, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	52 min
Apr 29, 10:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	3 hr
Apr 29, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	41 min
Apr 29, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa	48 min
Apr 29, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	51 min
Apr 29, 11:27 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 11 more	7 hr
Apr 30, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	43 min
Apr 30, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	44 min
Apr 30, 8:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage	27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.