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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Topeka, KS

July 13, 2015Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2015, 5:24 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 13, 2015, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dickinson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 5:59 PM CDTHAIL 1.251 Sw Carlton, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2015-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2018 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 2015-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2018 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

742 
WUUS53 KTOP 132224
SVRTOP
KSC041-132315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0133.150713T2224Z-150713T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
524 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GYPSUM...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  HOPE AND CARLTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 9737 3885 9717 3861 9703 3861 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 250DEG 17KT 3865 9737 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SANDERS
3 follow-up statements
252 
WWUS53 KTOP 132247
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
547 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC041-132315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-150713T2315Z/
DICKINSON-
547 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...

AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARLTON...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE AND CARLTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 9737 3885 9717 3861 9703 3861 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 250DEG 17KT 3869 9724 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SANDERS
335 
WWUS53 KTOP 132257
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
557 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC041-132315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-150713T2315Z/
DICKINSON-
557 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...

AT 556 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPE...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE AND CARLTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9737 3881 9715 3861 9703 3861 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 250DEG 17KT 3870 9718 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SANDERS
268 
WWUS53 KTOP 132313
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
613 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSC041-132323-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-150713T2315Z/
DICKINSON-
613 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3871 9737 3881 9715 3861 9703 3861 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 250DEG 17KT 3870 9718 

$$

SANDERS

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 Jul 13, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
347 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-142100-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
347 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS
AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES ARE READING BETWEEN 105 AND 116 DEGREES.

A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH AND HAIL TO
AROUND AN INCH IN DIAMETER COULD OCCUR WITH ANY STORM THAT
DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENED THROUGH TUESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSKALOOSA TO ABILENE. HEAT INDICES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 105.

THERE ARE OCCASIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY.
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE ARE LIKELY
FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

&&

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP

WOLTERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 9 more29 hr
Jul 13, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee40 min

Nearby

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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.