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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Topeka, KS

May 30, 2012Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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: May 30, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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
May 30, 4:53 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 N Glasco, KS
May 30, 5:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 Nw Ada, KS	WIND ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH. SIGNIFICANT CROP DAMAGE FROM WIND AND HAIL BUT NO ESTIMATED HAIL SIZE. TIME ESTIMATED.
May 30, 5:23 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Ada, 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
May 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

931 
WUUS53 KTOP 302153
SVRTOP
KSC029-143-302215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0070.120530T2153Z-120530T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
453 PM CDT WED MAY 30 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 515 PM CDT

* AT 451 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF GLASCO TO BARNARD...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MINNEAPOLIS...GLASCO...TESCOTT...ADA...DELPHOS...AURORA...WELLS...
  CULVER AND BENNINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3949 9794 3949 9793 3945 9751 3913 9746
      3895 9772 3895 9793 3896 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 260DEG 29KT 3948 9777 3913 9800

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60 MPH

$$

BARJENBRUCH

1 follow-up statement

343 
WWUS53 KTOP 302203
SVSTOP

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

KSC029-143-302215-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120530T2215Z/
OTTAWA KS-CLOUD KS-
503 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CLOUD
AND OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 501 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF AURORA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BEVERLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF 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...
MINNEAPOLIS...TESCOTT...CULVER AND WELLS.

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 3949 9794 3949 9793 3945 9751 3913 9746
      3895 9772 3895 9793 3896 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 288DEG 33KT 3943 9765 3908 9791

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70 MPH

$$

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, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	45 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

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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.