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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Topeka, KS

May 17, 20195 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2019, 11:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 17, 2019, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2019, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 17, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 17, 6:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 11:31 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa, Republic52 min
May 17, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud43 min
May 18, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall41 min
May 18, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa61 min
May 18, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic23 min
May 18, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay, Riley32 min
May 18, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa23 min
May 18, 10:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson34 min
May 18, 10:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris23 min
May 18, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin20 min
May 18, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary, Riley35 min
May 18, 11:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson31 min
May 18, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee28 min
May 18, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon23 min
May 18, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee26 min
May 18, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Lyon, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee26 min
May 18, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson, Shawnee41 min
May 18, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee23 min
May 18, 12:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMorris3 hr
May 18, 1:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage3 hr
May 18, 3:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin, Osage53 hr
May 18, 4:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage3 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.