Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 12:18 AM CDT for Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 17, 2021, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 12:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 12:36 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Nne Dover, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KTOP 170518
SVRTOP
KSC177-197-170600-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0010.210317T0518Z-210317T0600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1218 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Shawnee County in east central Kansas...
Southeastern Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
* Until 100 AM CDT.
* At 1217 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
Eskridge, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Northwestern Topeka, Rossville, Eskridge, Dover, Silver Lake,
Willard and Keene.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 343 and 355.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9564 3887 9590 3887 9595 3882 9595
3879 9597 3885 9610 3919 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 215DEG 31KT 3886 9603
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
Gargan3 follow-up statements
055
WWUS53 KTOP 170534
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1234 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
KSC197-170543-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210317T0600Z/
Wabaunsee-
1234 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3890 9588 3892 9595 3919 9595 3915 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 215DEG 31KT 3898 9592
$$
KSC177-170600-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210317T0600Z/
Shawnee-
1234 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY...
At 1233 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dover, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Northwestern Topeka, Rossville, Dover, Silver Lake and Willard.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 346 and 355.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9588 3892 9595 3919 9595 3915 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 215DEG 31KT 3898 9592
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
Gargan935 WWUS53 KTOP 170541 SVSTOP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 1241 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 KSC177-170600- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210317T0600Z/ Shawnee- 1241 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY... At 1240 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of Silver Lake, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Northwestern Topeka, Rossville, Silver Lake and Willard. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 347 and 355. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3894 9585 3899 9594 3919 9595 3915 9568 TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 215DEG 31KT 3903 9587 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Gargan
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WWUS53 KTOP 170546
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1246 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
KSC177-170556-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210317T0600Z/
Shawnee-
1246 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
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 has been cancelled. However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3894 9585 3899 9594 3919 9595 3915 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0544Z 215DEG 31KT 3908 9583
$$
GarganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 25 min |
| Mar 16, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 33 min |
| Mar 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 42 min |
| Mar 17, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 18 min |
| Mar 17, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Mar 17, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 14 min |
| Mar 17, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 44 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 35 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:11 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.