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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Topeka, KS

May 30, 2012Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 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.

446 
WUUS53 KTOP 302130
SVRTOP
KSC029-157-302215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0069.120530T2130Z-120530T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDALL...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
           DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CONCORDIA...JAMESTOWN...NORWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3965 9793 3969 9794 3973 9759 3945 9759
      3949 9794 3951 9794 3952 9793 3965 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 271DEG 24KT 3960 9803

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

BARJENBRUCH

2 follow-up statements

815 
WWUS53 KTOP 302156
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
456 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC029-157-302215-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120530T2215Z/
REPUBLIC KS-CLOUD KS-
456 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
CLOUD AND SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 451 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONCORDIA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...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...
  CONCORDIA...
  JAMESTOWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3965 9793 3969 9794 3973 9759 3945 9759
      3949 9794 3951 9794 3952 9793 3965 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 272DEG 37KT 3955 9764

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70 MPH

$$

BARJENBRUCH

165 
WWUS53 KTOP 302215
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
515 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC029-157-302223-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120530T2215Z/
REPUBLIC KS-CLOUD KS-
515 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC 
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN 
CLOUD...OTTAWA AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3965 9793 3969 9794 3973 9759 3945 9759
      3949 9794 3951 9794 3952 9793 3965 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 272DEG 37KT 3954 9741

$$

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	29 min
May 29, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	32 min
May 29, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	41 min
May 29, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	34 min
May 29, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	31 min
May 29, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	20 min
May 30, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris, Wabaunsee	28 min
May 30, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	36 min
May 30, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Osage	29 min
May 30, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	42 min
May 30, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	22 min
May 30, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	23 min
May 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	22 min
May 30, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	36 min
May 30, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa	48 min
May 30, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud	36 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	34 min
May 30, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay	22 min
May 30, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	48 min
May 30, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	32 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.