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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Topeka, KS

May 30, 2012Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 12:52 AM CDT for Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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
May 30, 2012, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 12:52 AM CDTHAIL 1.5Nne Auburn, KS
May 30, 12:54 AM CDTHAIL 1Auburn, KSRELAYED VIA SHAWNEE COUNTY SHERIFF

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 12 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

240 
WUUS53 KTOP 300552
SVRTOP
KSC139-177-300615-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0068.120530T0552Z-120530T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1252 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1251 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUBURN...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARBONDALE...SOUTH TOPEKA...SCRANTON...PAULINE...BERRYTON...
  OVERBROOK...RICHLAND AND FORBES FIELD.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 188.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3875 9595 3893 9594 3907 9551 3906 9550
      3895 9550 3877 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 255DEG 35KT 3891 9580

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$
2 follow-up statements
476 
WWUS53 KTOP 300607
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
107 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC139-177-300615-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120530T0615Z/
SHAWNEE KS-OSAGE KS-
107 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OSAGE
AND SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 104 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL TOPEKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST 
TOPEKA...PAULINE...BERRYTON...OVERBROOK...RICHLAND AND TECUMSEH.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 188.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3876 9587 3898 9578 3907 9551 3906 9550
      3877 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 256DEG 32KT 3893 9566

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50 MPH

$$
851 
WWUS53 KTOP 300615
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
115 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC139-177-300624-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120530T0615Z/
SHAWNEE KS-OSAGE KS-
115 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSAGE AND
SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3876 9587 3898 9578 3907 9551 3906 9550
      3877 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 256DEG 32KT 3895 9557

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson29 min
May 29, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey32 min
May 29, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris41 min
May 29, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris34 min
May 29, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris31 min
May 29, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin20 min
May 30, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris, Wabaunsee28 min
May 30, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas36 min
May 30, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage29 min
May 30, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage42 min
May 30, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas22 min
May 30, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic45 min
May 30, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa22 min
May 30, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic36 min
May 30, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa48 min
May 30, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud36 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley34 min
May 30, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay22 min
May 30, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie48 min
May 30, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee32 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.