Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2014, 4:07 PM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 13, 2014, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Anderson County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 13, 4:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 S Lone Elm, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KTOP 132107
SVRTOP
KSC003-132145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0039.140413T2107Z-140413T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
407 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 405 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOSHO
FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLONY...LONE ELM AND KINCAID.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3811 9552 3827 9507 3804 9507 3803 9508
3804 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 248DEG 49KT 3801 9550
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGAN5 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KTOP 132120
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
420 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
KSC003-132145-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140413T2145Z/
ANDERSON-
420 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 415 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLONY...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONE ELM AND KINCAID.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3811 9552 3827 9507 3804 9507 3803 9508
3804 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 246DEG 42KT 3806 9536
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGAN341
WWUS53 KTOP 132127
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
427 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
KSC003-132145-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140413T2145Z/
ANDERSON-
427 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 424 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLONY...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINCAID.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 9544 3815 9542 3827 9507 3804 9507
3803 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 246DEG 42KT 3809 9526
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGAN286
WWUS53 KTOP 132135
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
435 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
KSC003-132145-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140413T2145Z/
ANDERSON-
435 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINCAID...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 9528 3821 9525 3827 9507 3804 9507
3803 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 249DEG 35KT 3811 9517
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGAN438
WWUS53 KTOP 132141
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
441 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
KSC003-132145-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140413T2145Z/
ANDERSON-
441 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 438 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINCAID...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY.
AT 435 PM...A STORM SPOTTER ESTIMATED 60 MPH 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF
KINCAID.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 9528 3821 9525 3827 9507 3804 9507
3803 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 252DEG 39KT 3812 9511
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$469
WWUS53 KTOP 132144
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
444 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
KSC003-132153-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140413T2145Z/
ANDERSON-
444 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM.
LAT...LON 3804 9528 3821 9525 3827 9507 3804 9507
3803 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 252DEG 39KT 3813 9506
$$
GARGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 12, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Marshall, Nemaha | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 17 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 19 min |
| Apr 13, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 118 min |
| Apr 13, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 41 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.