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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 7:21 PM CST for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- Nov 10, 2012, 7:21 PM CST (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:25 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Nnw Tescott, KS | |
| Nov 10, 7:43 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Minneapolis, KS | WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. |
| Nov 10, 7:52 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 58 | Nne Minneapolis, KS | MEASURED BY HOME WEATHER STATION. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
851
WUUS53 KTOP 110121
SVRTOP
KSC029-143-110200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0124.121111T0121Z-121111T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
721 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 718 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM DELPHOS TO 7 MILES NORTH OF BROOKVILLE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE
BRANCHES UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE
MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...GLASCO...DELPHOS...CULVER...BENNINGTON...WELLS...
NILES...AURORA AND MILTONVALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3955 9737 3896 9737 3896 9792 3932 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 241DEG 43KT 3928 9782 3890 9781
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
575
WWUS53 KTOP 110136
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
736 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
KSC029-143-110200-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
OTTAWA KS-CLOUD KS-
736 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CLOUD
AND OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST...
AT 734 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AURORA TO BENNINGTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. TREE BRANCHES
UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN. POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE
TO SHINGLE ROOFS AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENNINGTON...WELLS...AURORA...NILES AND MILTONVALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3955 9737 3896 9737 3896 9792 3932 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 241DEG 41KT 3939 9761 3900 9764
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70 MPH
$$546
WWUS53 KTOP 110149
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
749 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
KSC029-143-110200-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-121111T0200Z/
OTTAWA KS-CLOUD KS-
749 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CLOUD AND OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST...
AT 745 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM AURORA TO BENNINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILTONVALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3940 9771 3955 9737 3896 9737 3896 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 241DEG 41KT 3946 9744 3907 9754
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 7:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 7:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 8:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 9:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 34 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.