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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2015, 8:02 PM CDT for Clay County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 24, 2015, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2015, 8:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, KS, Washington County, KS
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 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
380
WUUS53 KTOP 250102
SVRTOP
KSC027-201-250145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0013.150425T0102Z-150425T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 800 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
PALMER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 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...
WASHINGTON...PALMER...LINN AND GREENLEAF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9689 3949 9703 3951 9737 3969 9737
3984 9727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 195DEG 20KT 3957 9714
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HENNECKE2 follow-up statements
866
WWUS53 KTOP 250121
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
821 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
KSC027-250130-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150425T0145Z/
CLAY-
821 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY COUNTY
UNTIL 11 PM.
LAT...LON 3982 9689 3960 9698 3960 9737 3969 9737
3984 9727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 197DEG 21KT 3970 9710
$$
KSC201-250145-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150425T0145Z/
WASHINGTON-
821 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 818 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINN...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 25 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...
WASHINGTON AND GREENLEAF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9689 3960 9698 3960 9737 3969 9737
3984 9727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 197DEG 21KT 3970 9710
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HENNECKE594
WWUS53 KTOP 250133
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
833 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
KSC201-250143-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150425T0145Z/
WASHINGTON-
833 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3982 9689 3960 9698 3960 9737 3969 9737
3984 9727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 197DEG 21KT 3977 9707
$$
HENNECKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Ottawa | 85 min |
| Apr 24, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Washington | 117 min |
| Apr 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.