Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 7:09 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
683
WUUS53 KTOP 250009
SVRTOP
KSC149-161-250100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0009.160425T0009Z-160425T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
709 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 709 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDOLPH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
WESTMORELAND...OLSBURG...RANDOLPH AND TUTTLE CREEK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3956 9646 3942 9634 3929 9677 3944 9685
3945 9685 3957 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 233DEG 27KT 3939 9676
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGAN1 follow-up statement
664
WWUS53 KTOP 250029
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
729 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC149-161-250100-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160425T0100Z/
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
729 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RILEY AND NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...
AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OLSBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTMORELAND...OLSBURG...RANDOLPH AND TUTTLE CREEK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3956 9646 3942 9634 3929 9677 3944 9685
3945 9685 3957 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 241DEG 23KT 3945 9661
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GARGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 20 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.