Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2011, 11:41 AM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 19, 2011, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2011, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 11:54 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Council Grove, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KTOP 191641
SVRTOP
KSC127-191715-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0009.110319T1641Z-110319T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1141 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILSEY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF COUNCIL
GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DWIGHT...
COUNCIL GROVE LAKE...
COUNCIL GROVE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A
BUILDING NOW.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3862 9673 3874 9680 3887 9661 3886 9649
3882 9649 3882 9638 3874 9638 3873 9635
3868 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 250DEG 32KT 3870 9662
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KTOP 191654
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1154 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011
KSC127-191715-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110319T1715Z/
MORRIS-
1154 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY...
AT 1152 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR COUNCIL GROVE LAKE...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL GROVE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A
BUILDING NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3865 9655 3877 9665 3886 9649 3882 9649
3882 9638 3874 9638 3873 9635 3869 9635
3868 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 250DEG 32KT 3873 9649
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$409
WWUS53 KTOP 191709
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1209 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011
KSC127-191719-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110319T1715Z/
MORRIS-
1209 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM CDT...
AT 1209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...
THUS THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM CDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE
WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3865 9655 3877 9665 3886 9649 3882 9649
3882 9638 3874 9638 3873 9635 3869 9635
3868 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 250DEG 32KT 3877 9633
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 10:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 20 min |
| Mar 19, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 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.