Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2011, 3:20 PM CST for Anderson County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 5 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Anderson County, KS, Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:22 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | Richmond, KS | |
| Feb 27, 3:22 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Richmond, KS | |
| Feb 27, 3:22 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Ssw Richmond, KS | |
| Feb 27, 3:33 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Lane, KS | |
| Feb 27, 3:33 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Lane, KS | MEASURED 1.875 INCH HAIL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AFTER THE HAIL FELL. DAMAGE TO CARS AND HOME ROOFS. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
296 WUUS53 KTOP 272120 SVRTOP KSC003-059-272145- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0003.110227T2120Z-110227T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 320 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 345 PM CST * AT 316 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARNETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREELEY... LANE... RANTOUL... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3824 9512 3837 9535 3863 9506 3832 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 224DEG 57KT 3838 9524 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
444
WWUS53 KTOP 272130
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC003-272140-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110227T2145Z/
ANDERSON-
330 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3839 9513 3845 9526 3863 9506 3846 9505
3839 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 224DEG 57KT 3849 9510
$$
KSC059-272145-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110227T2145Z/
FRANKLIN-
330 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 325 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF LANE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
GARNETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANE...RANTOUL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3839 9513 3845 9526 3863 9506 3846 9505
3839 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 224DEG 57KT 3849 9510
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN
$$683
WWUS53 KTOP 272136
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
336 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
KSC059-272146-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110227T2145Z/
FRANKLIN-
336 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CST...
AT 336 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...
THUS THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CST.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE
WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3839 9513 3845 9526 3863 9506 3846 9505
3839 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 224DEG 57KT 3856 9501
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 9:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 23 min |
| Feb 27, 3:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage | 111 min |
| Feb 27, 4:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 116 min |
| Feb 27, 5:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.