Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Wsw Culver, KS | |
| Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nne Bennington, KS | |
| Apr 24, 6:31 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 1 Se Niles, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KTOP 242243
SVRTOP
KSC143-242330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0003.160424T2243Z-160424T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
543 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 540 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CULVER...
MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE 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...
BENNINGTON...CULVER AND NILES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3914 9737 3896 9737 3896 9786 3898 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 249DEG 23KT 3890 9774
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGAN2 follow-up statements
138
WWUS53 KTOP 242259
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
559 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC143-242330-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2330Z/
OTTAWA-
559 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...
AT 558 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CULVER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
553 PM CDT.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENNINGTON...CULVER AND NILES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3914 9737 3896 9737 3896 9777 3901 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 245DEG 20KT 3894 9767
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
GARGAN665
WWUS53 KTOP 242310
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
610 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC143-242330-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2330Z/
OTTAWA-
610 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...
AT 609 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NILES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
BENNINGTON AND NILES.
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.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3896 9771 3903 9769 3914 9737 3896 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 243DEG 28KT 3898 9754
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee | 15 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 50 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.