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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

April 2, 2014Anderson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2014, 9:12 PM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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: Apr 2, 2014, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Anderson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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
Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Ese Garnett, KS	DELAYED REPORT

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
Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 427 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

738 
WUUS53 KTOP 030212
SVRTOP
KSC003-030245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0013.140403T0212Z-140403T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
912 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF GARNETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTHEAST AND EAST 
OF GARNETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 9507 3818 9507 3814 9521 3823 9531
      3838 9507 3838 9506 3826 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 240DEG 20KT 3823 9517

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

$$

PHILLIPS

2 follow-up statements

333 
WWUS53 KTOP 030227
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
927 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSC003-030245-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140403T0245Z/
ANDERSON-
927 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 926 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
GARNETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY EAST OF GARNETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 9507 3821 9507 3819 9512 3819 9519
      3828 9518 3838 9507 3838 9506 3826 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 240DEG 17KT 3826 9512

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

$$

PHILLIPS

432 
WWUS53 KTOP 030241
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
941 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KSC003-030251-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140403T0245Z/
ANDERSON-
941 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3825 9507 3821 9507 3819 9512 3819 9519
      3828 9518 3838 9507 3838 9506 3826 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 240DEG 17KT 3829 9505

$$

PHILLIPS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	45 min
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	24 min
Apr 2, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	47 min
Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	27 min
Apr 2, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	48 min
Apr 2, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	49 min
Apr 2, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	39 min
Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	40 min
Apr 2, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	49 min
Apr 2, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	21 min
Apr 2, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 2, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	29 min
Apr 2, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	40 min
Apr 2, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	39 min
Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	63 min
Apr 2, 10:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	4 hr
Apr 2, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	35 min
Apr 2, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee	28 min
Apr 2, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	36 min
Apr 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Riley	28 min
Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	34 min
Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	64 min
Apr 2, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	24 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	29 min
Apr 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	51 min
Apr 3, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	34 min
Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay	32 min
Apr 3, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	35 min
Apr 3, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	37 min
Apr 3, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	32 min
Apr 3, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	35 min
Apr 3, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	27 min
Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson	4 hr
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Anderson	3 hr
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Anderson	6 hr

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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.