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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 4:48 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 15, 2021, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
435
WUUS53 KTOP 152148
SVRTOP
KSC157-152215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0113.210715T2148Z-210715T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
448 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Republic County in north central Kansas...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 447 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Scandia,
moving south at 10 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...
Belleville and Scandia.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3985 9783 3989 9768 3975 9758 3969 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 345DEG 10KT 3982 9776
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Teefey2 follow-up statements
709
WWUS53 KTOP 152158
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
458 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
KSC157-152215-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210715T2215Z/
Republic-
458 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY...
At 457 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Scandia, moving
south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Belleville and Scandia.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9780 3986 9768 3975 9758 3969 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 345DEG 10KT 3979 9775
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Teefey796
WWUS53 KTOP 152210
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
510 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
KSC157-152219-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210715T2215Z/
Republic-
510 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 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. Heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3982 9780 3986 9768 3975 9758 3969 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 345DEG 10KT 3976 9774
$$
TeefeyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Riley | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Riley | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 15 hr |
| Jul 15, 9:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Riley | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 9:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 36 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.