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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Topeka, KS

May 28, 2019Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2019, 10:46 AM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
May 28, 2019, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2019, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dickinson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2019-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 962 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 391 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 28, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
443 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-290945-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
443 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north
central and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon into this
evening. Storms will likely develop over central to northeast
Kansas by early to mid afternoon before tracking eastward into
eastern Kansas by late afternoon to early evening. The primary
hazards will be large hail up to golfball size and damaging wind
gusts of 60 to 70 mph. However, cannot rule out the potential for
a few tornadoes as well, with the better potential for tornadoes
being focused across far northeast Kansas. Areas of locally heavy
rainfall also will be possible with these storms.

Flooding on area rivers will continue across the outlook area
today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is the potential for a few isolated storms to develop
across far east central Kansas Wednesday afternoon into early
evening. If any storms are able to develop, they may be strong to
severe.

Flooding on area rivers is likely to persist through the latter
part of the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed across the outlook area this
afternoon through tonight.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at...
http://www.weather.gov/top/sitrep

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic48 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic15 min
May 27, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic19 min
May 27, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic23 min
May 28, 12:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPJefferson24 hr
May 28, 11:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary24 min
May 28, 11:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris37 min
May 28, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary17 min
May 28, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie36 min
May 28, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee41 min
May 28, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson38 min
May 28, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown17 min
May 28, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha39 min
May 28, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha43 min
May 28, 3:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie4 hr
May 28, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha29 min
May 28, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon34 min
May 28, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee23 min
May 28, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon, Osage35 min
May 28, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee39 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon49 min
May 28, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee51 min
May 28, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage51 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee47 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon4 hr
May 28, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage50 min
May 28, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee4 hr
May 28, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsage8 hr
May 28, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin49 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson35 min
May 28, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown32 min
May 28, 6:11 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTOPDouglas32 min
May 28, 6:18 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatTOPDouglas25 min
May 28, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic39 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee3 hr
May 28, 6:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Osage8 hr
May 28, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic, Washington37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.