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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 226, NWS Topeka, KS

September 18, 2015Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2015, 6:25 AM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
Sep 18, 2015, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2015, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 18, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 4:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
441 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-190945-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
441 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALONG THE KANSAS NEBRASKA STATE
BORDER. WHILE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS LOW...CANNOT
RULE OUT SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS FROM ANY STRONGER STORMS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON WITH
STORMS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. WHILE THE
SEVERITY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CONDITIONAL AND AFFECTED BY THE
COVERAGE OF MORNING PRECIPITATION...THERE CERTAINLY IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
HOWEVER...THERE IS ALSO AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 5:41 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

KSZ055-181115-
OSAGE-
541 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM
CDT...

AT 541 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OSAGE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSAGE CITY...CARBONDALE...OVERBROOK...LYNDON...SCRANTON AND POMONA
LAKE.

LAT...LON 3866 9551 3849 9590 3858 9594 3886 9565
      3873 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 231DEG 31KT 3862 9583

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 5:54 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
554 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

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

0545 AM     TSTM WND GST     OSAGE CITY              38.63N 95.83W
09/18/2015  E70 MPH          OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. TOO DARK TO SEE ANY DAMAGE
            AT THIS TIME. PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

&&

BARJENBRUCH
Local storm report, Sep 18, 5:55 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
555 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

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

0546 AM     HAIL             1 WSW OSAGE CITY        38.63N 95.83W
09/18/2015  E0.88 INCH       OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRONG WINDS ALSO REPORTED.

&&

BARJENBRUCH
Local storm report, Sep 18, 6:06 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
606 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

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

0546 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OSAGE CITY              38.63N 95.83W
09/18/2015                   OSAGE              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DISPATCH REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN OSAGE
            CITY.

&&

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:20 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
620 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

KSZ058-059-181145-
ANDERSON-COFFEY-
620 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN COFFEY AND
NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT...

AT 620 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NEW STRAWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAVERLY...NEW STRAWN...WESTPHALIA AND HARRIS.

LAT...LON 3828 9584 3844 9562 3843 9551 3839 9551
      3839 9528 3819 9537 3814 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 240DEG 34KT 3827 9563

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha41 min
Sep 17, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha48 min
Sep 17, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha48 min
Sep 17, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson22 min
Sep 17, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson24 min
Sep 17, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson23 min
Sep 17, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown32 min
Sep 17, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson24 min
Sep 18, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage34 min
Sep 18, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage28 min
Sep 18, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey25 min
Sep 18, 6:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee31 min
Sep 18, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin34 min
Sep 18, 7:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee26 min
Sep 18, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey32 min
Sep 18, 9:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 7 more9 hr
Sep 18, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson18 min
Sep 18, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin22 min
Sep 18, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.