Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT for Washington 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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.
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, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
665
WUUS53 KTOP 250029
SVRTOP
KSC201-250115-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0013.160425T0029Z-160425T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
729 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
MORROWVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
HOLLENBERG AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE 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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 4000 9681 3992 9681 3991 9719 4000 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 262DEG 38KT 3997 9716
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KTOP 250044
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
744 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC201-250115-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160425T0115Z/
WASHINGTON-
744 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 744 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOLLENBERG...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLENBERG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 4000 9681 3992 9681 3991 9705 4000 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 267DEG 26KT 3996 9702
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$668
WWUS53 KTOP 250049
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
749 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC201-250058-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160425T0115Z/
WASHINGTON-
749 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOPEKA.
LAT...LON 4000 9681 3992 9681 3991 9705 4000 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 262DEG 38KT 3997 9695
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 22 min |
| Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 8:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.