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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Topeka, KS

May 28, 2013Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2013, 3:31 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2013, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2346 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 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
2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
25.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:08 AM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
508 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-291015-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
508 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AN
OLD BOUNDARY LEFT BEHIND BY YESTERDAYS CONVECTION. WHILE THE EXACT
LOCATION OF THIS BOUNDARY MAY CHANGE...AT THIS TIME THE I70
CORRIDOR INTO NE KANSAS SEEMS TO BE THE MORE LIKELY LOCATION FOR
STORMS TO INITIATE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BOUNDARY. AFTER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
YESTERDAY...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY WOULD LIKELY IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF EASTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE.

THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA MAY SEE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...WITH SEVERE
WEATHER AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
PERIOD. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 12:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1222 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ056-059-281745-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-
1222 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON AND SOUTH
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN
COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40
TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE RICHMOND.

STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3834 9514 3827 9545 3834 9548 3846 9525
      3843 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 241DEG 29KT 3831 9542

$$ LEIGHTON
Local storm report, May 28, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1233 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1222 PM     HAIL             HARRIS                  38.32N 95.44W
05/28/2013  E0.88 INCH       ANDERSON           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, May 28, 12:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1248 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSZ056-281815-
FRANKLIN-
1248 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...

THROUGH 115 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE PUBLIC IN
HARRIS REPORTED THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
UP TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE LANE.

STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3839 9515 3839 9523 3841 9526 3857 9507
      3857 9506 3840 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 240DEG 31KT 3842 9517

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud47 min
May 27, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic51 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic37 min
May 27, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud, Washington32 min
May 27, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall, Washington27 min
May 27, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha32 min
May 27, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic31 min
May 27, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington26 min
May 27, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall24 min
May 27, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington37 min
May 27, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPNemaha34 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown, Jackson30 min
May 27, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPNemaha26 min
May 27, 11:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown, Nemaha3 hr
May 27, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown33 min
May 28, 9:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall5 days
May 28, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson23 min
May 28, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin27 min
May 28, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPBrown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie16 hr
May 28, 3:27 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic26 hr
May 28, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPNemaha33 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPNemaha42 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha3 hr
May 28, 4:55 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPNemaha50 min
May 28, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa30 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha26 min
May 28, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa52 min
May 28, 5:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPOttawa29 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay40 min
May 28, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown34 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha46 min
May 28, 5:51 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPOttawa39 min
May 28, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud34 min
May 28, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha25 min
May 28, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown23 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha4 hr
May 28, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington32 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha47 min
May 28, 6:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPOttawa31 min
May 28, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington26 min
May 28, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa4 hr
May 28, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown34 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.