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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Topeka, KS

June 20, 20115 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 5:24 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 20, 2011, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 20, 5:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 W Miltonvale, KS
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	10 S Miltonvale, KS
Jun 20, 5:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	6 Ese Miltonvale, KS	A WEST FACING WINDOW ON THE HOUSE WAS BROKEN
Jun 20, 5:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	5 Se Miltonvale, KS
Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 2	4 Nnw Oak Hill, KS
Jun 20, 5:42 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	3 Ese Miltonvale, KS	DELAYED REPORT VIA NSSL SEVERE HAZARDS ANALYSIS AND VERIFICATION EXPERIMENT.
Jun 20, 5:46 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 S Clyde, 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 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 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
Jun 20, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 1300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -726 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 473 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 559 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

493 
WUUS53 KTOP 202224
SVRTOP
KSC027-029-143-157-201-202315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0155.110620T2224Z-110620T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
524 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 519 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
  WEST OF MILTONVALE...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING
  NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AURORA...
  VINING...
  CLIFTON...
  CLYDE...
  AGENDA...
  CUBA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3987 9762 3974 9721 3913 9730 3913 9736
      3931 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 183DEG 38KT 3938 9753
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

PHILLIPS

3 follow-up statements

571 
WWUS53 KTOP 202241
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC027-029-143-157-201-202315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110620T2315Z/
REPUBLIC-OTTAWA-CLAY-CLOUD-WASHINGTON-
541 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN CLOUD...WESTERN CLAY...
NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA AND SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES...

AT 537 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
MILTONVALE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK HILL...OR 17 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILTONVALE...AURORA...VINING...CLIFTON...CLYDE...CUBA AND AGENDA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL AS WELL
AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3987 9762 3974 9721 3921 9729 3920 9742
      3930 9755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 186DEG 36KT 3930 9739
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

PHILLIPS

962 
WWUS53 KTOP 202249
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
549 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC143-202259-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110620T2315Z/
OTTAWA-
549 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9737 3931 9746 3986 9759 3974 9721
      3933 9727
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 186DEG 36KT 3938 9738

$$

KSC027-029-157-201-202315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110620T2315Z/
REPUBLIC-CLAY-CLOUD-WASHINGTON-
549 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN CLOUD...NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZE 2 
MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK HILL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF 
MILTONVALE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINING...CLIFTON...CLYDE...AND AGENDA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL AS WELL
AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9737 3931 9746 3986 9759 3974 9721
      3933 9727
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 186DEG 36KT 3938 9738
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.00IN

$$

PHILLIPS

727 
WWUS53 KTOP 202301
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
601 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC029-157-202311-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110620T2315Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-
601 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CLOUD AND SOUTHEASTERN
REPUBLIC COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3979 9737 3974 9721 3933 9727 3931 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 186DEG 36KT 3950 9736

$$

KSC027-201-202315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110620T2315Z/
CLAY-WASHINGTON-
601 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINING...OR 14 MILES WEST OF CLAY
CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINING AND CLIFTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3979 9737 3974 9721 3933 9727 3931 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 186DEG 36KT 3950 9736
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

PHILLIPS

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 Jun 20, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
351 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

.DISCUSSION...

LATEST ANALYSIS HAD SURFACE LOW NEAR RUSSEL WITH A DRY LINE
EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO NEAR ELLSWORTH. A LINE OF
ELEVATED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED ABOVE THE CAPPING INVERSION EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS UPPER LOW BEGINNING TO TAKE A
NEGATIVE TILT AS IT MOVES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. DRY LINE WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. STARTING TO GET
INITIATION OFF THE DRY LINE IN THE WESTERN CWA NEAR MCPHERSON. 0-6KM
SHEAR 40 TO 50 KTS AND WILL INCREASE AS THE UPPER LOW PROGRESSES
EASTWARD. LAPSE RATES WILL CONTINUE TO STEEPEN AS WELL. DOWNDRAFT
CAPE AVERAGING AROUND 1000-17000 J/KG. LCL HEIGHTS WERE AVERAGING
BETWEEN 1200 TO 1500 METERS. FORCING FOR ASCENT AND CONVERGENCE
ALONG THE DRY LINE WILL CONTINUE TO TOUCH OFF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. INCREASING SHEAR WILL KEEP A TORNADO THREAT. STORMS
WILL BE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS INITIALLY THEN FORMING INTO A LINE WITH
BOWING SEGMENTS.

WINDS IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD ABATE THIS EVENING AS THE
SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA SO WILL LIKELY BE
ABLE TO HAVE THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE AROUND 00Z.

OVERNIGHT THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AS DRYLINE SPREADS
NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN MO.

ON TUESDAY WRAP AROUND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA THEN INTO NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE
CWA. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL BE COOLER WITH LOWER HUMIDITY. HIGHS WILL
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO THE MID 80S. 53

AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY...CANNOT RULE OUT
A SHOWER POSSIBILITY IN THE FAR NORTHEAST COUNTY WARNING (CWA) AS
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO WRAP IN BEHIND IT. HOWEVER...STILL FEEL THE
POTENTIAL IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A POP AND CONTINUED A DRY
FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WITH DRIER AIR AND DECREASING
CLOUDS MOST AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT...IT WILL BE A COOLER NIGHT WITH
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. WITH A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND AND
MOST CLOUDS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE
CWA...HIGHS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S NORTHEAST TO THE MIDDLE
80S IN THE ABILENE AND EMPORIA AREAS. AFTER ONE MORE NIGHT IN THE
UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S WEDNESDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO
GRADUALLY INCREASE THURSDAY AS UPSTREAM UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TAKES
PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS REGION. HIGHS
THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S WITH THE 80S AND A FEW LOW 90S THE RULE
ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS PATTERN WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR A SERIES OF
WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES TO MOVES EAST FROM THE ROCKIES AND INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION. AT THE SAME TIME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
ALSO RETURN FROM THE SOUTH AND  POOL ACROSS THE AREA. THIS UNSETTLED
PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF EACH OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. 63

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION. TIMING OF
CONVECTION IS A BIT TRICKY BUT MORE CONFIDENT IN THE 23Z-03Z
PERIOD AT MHK AND FROM 01Z-05Z AT TOP AND FOE ATTM. WINDS TO
REMAIN SOUTH TO SOUTH SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SPEEDS
AROUND 14 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALSO VSBYS SHOULD LOWER TO MVFR
IN THE TSRA ALSO GUSTS MAY EXCEED 45 KTS WITH THE TSRA.

53

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ037-054>056-058-
059.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
341 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-212045-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
341 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE STRONG TO
SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE.

STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL EARLY EVENING WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:52 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
452 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0449 PM     HAIL             4 ESE AGENDA            39.68N 97.36W
06/20/2011  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
455 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0453 PM     HAIL             4 ESE AGENDA            39.68N 97.36W
06/20/2011  E1.50 INCH       WASHINGTON         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:04 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
504 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0457 PM     HAIL             7 S HADDAM              39.76N 97.30W
06/20/2011  E1.25 INCH       WASHINGTON         KS   PUBLIC

&&

JB

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:09 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
509 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSZ020-021-034-035-202245-
CLAY-CLOUD-DICKINSON-OTTAWA-
509 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN OTTAWA...SOUTHWESTERN
CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD AND WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...

THROUGH 545 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH
AT 50 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OTTAWA...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...
SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD AND WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE
AFFECTED INCLUDE MILTONVALE...AURORA...MANCHESTER...ABILENE
AIRPORT...LONGFORD...OAK HILL...TALMAGE...ABILENE AND IDANA.
MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 279 COULD
ALSO BE AFFECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

&&

LAT...LON 3946 9763 3945 9726 3861 9706 3860 9707
      3861 9738 3893 9739 3895 9738 3895 9751
      3933 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 197DEG 59KT 3934 9752 3900 9740
          3870 9729

Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:13 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
513 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0507 PM     HAIL             1 W MORROWVILLE         39.84N 97.19W
06/20/2011  E0.88 INCH       WASHINGTON         KS   PUBLIC

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
518 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

0510 PM     HAIL             8 NE AGENDA             39.79N 97.32W
06/20/2011  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         KS   PUBLIC

&&

JB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	35 min
Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	48 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	35 min
Jun 19, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	46 min
Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	30 min
Jun 20, 10:33 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Morris, Osage	7 hr
Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	46 min
Jun 20, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Washington	45 min
Jun 20, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	47 min
Jun 20, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	36 min
Jun 20, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson	48 min
Jun 20, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	27 min
Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	33 min
Jun 20, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	42 min
Jun 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Washington	38 min
Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	47 min
Jun 20, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	43 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	47 min
Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min

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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.