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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS

May 13, 2016Marshall County, Pottawatomie County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2016, 12:37 PM CDT for Marshall County, Pottawatomie County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
May 13, 2016, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2016, 1:02 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Marshall County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 12:54 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 N Blue Rapids, 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2016-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

963 
WUUS53 KTOP 131737
SVRTOP
KSC117-149-201-131815-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0113.160513T1737Z-160513T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1237 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1236 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BARNES...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLUE RAPIDS...FRANKFORT...WATERVILLE...GREENLEAF AND BARNES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3974 9632 3951 9636 3955 9659 3956 9658
      3957 9659 3957 9670 3962 9703 3978 9697
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 280DEG 39KT 3970 9692 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

GDP
2 follow-up statements
672 
WWUS53 KTOP 131756
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016

KSC201-131805-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160513T1815Z/
WASHINGTON-
1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.  THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3951 9636 3955 9659 3956 9658 3957 9659
      3957 9670 3958 9679 3967 9677 3973 9667
      3972 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 282DEG 40KT 3962 9666 

$$

KSC117-149-131815-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160513T1815Z/
MARSHALL-POTTAWATOMIE-
1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL AND NORTH CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...

AT 1255 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE RAPIDS...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE RAPIDS AND FRANKFORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...INSIDE A BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3951 9636 3955 9659 3956 9658 3957 9659
      3957 9670 3958 9679 3967 9677 3973 9667
      3972 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 282DEG 40KT 3962 9666 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

GDP
457 
WWUS53 KTOP 131802
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
102 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016

KSC117-149-131812-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160513T1815Z/
MARSHALL-POTTAWATOMIE-
102 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL AND NORTH
CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND THE STRONGEST PART HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

LAT...LON 3951 9636 3955 9659 3956 9658 3957 9659
      3957 9670 3958 9679 3967 9677 3973 9667
      3972 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 280DEG 39KT 3961 9656 

$$

GDP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic36 min
May 13, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic35 min
May 13, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington47 min
May 13, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie, Riley26 min
May 13, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson, Pottawatomie31 min
May 13, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee35 min
May 13, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee33 min
May 13, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie24 min
May 13, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson32 min
May 13, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee52 min
May 13, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris24 min
May 13, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
May 13, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.