Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 226, NWS Topeka, KS
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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</html>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
BBLocal 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.
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal 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.
&&
BARJENBRUCHLocal 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.
&&
BARJENBRUCHSpecial 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
BBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 22 min |
| Sep 17, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 23 min |
| Sep 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Sep 18, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 25 min |
| Sep 18, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 7:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 9:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 18 min |
| Sep 18, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 22 min |
| Sep 18, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 21 min |
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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.