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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2019, 7:13 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Sep 24, 2019, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted.
748
WUUS53 KTOP 250013
SVRTOP
KSC143-250100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0310.190925T0013Z-190925T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
713 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Ottawa County in north central Kansas...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 713 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
Minneapolis, moving southeast at 30 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...
Minneapolis, Bennington, Wells and Niles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9783 3918 9737 3896 9737 3896 9752
3911 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 293DEG 26KT 3914 9778
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Skow2 follow-up statements
855
WWUS53 KTOP 250042
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
742 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
KSC143-250100-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-190925T0100Z/
Ottawa-
742 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...
At 741 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bennington,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Minneapolis, Bennington and Wells.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3918 9737 3896 9737 3909 9776 3922 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 293DEG 26KT 3906 9753
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Skow540
WWUS53 KTOP 250054
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
754 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
KSC143-250104-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-190925T0100Z/
Ottawa-
754 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central and north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3918 9737 3896 9737 3909 9776 3922 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 293DEG 26KT 3903 9743
$$
SkowThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 14 min |
| Sep 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 36 min |
| Sep 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Pottawatomie, Riley | 32 min |
| Sep 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 21 min |
| Sep 24, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 29 min |
| Sep 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Sep 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 24, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 29 min |
| Sep 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 43 min |
| Sep 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Cloud | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 3 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.