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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 8:19 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 Se Concordia, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 SE CONCORDIA. |
| Aug 7, 8:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 Se Concordia, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1803 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted.
996
WUUS53 KTOP 080119
SVRTOP
KSC029-157-080200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0114.210808T0119Z-210808T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
819 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Republic County in north central Kansas...
Northern Cloud County in north central Kansas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 819 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
of Randall, moving northeast at 45 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...
Concordia, Belleville, Clyde, Scandia, Jamestown, Courtland, Cuba,
Norway, Republic, Munden, Narka and Agenda.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9737 3959 9737 3948 9793 4000 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 240DEG 40KT 3969 9799
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Teefey1 follow-up statement
181 WWUS53 KTOP 080136 SVSTOP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 836 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021 KSC029-157-080200- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-210808T0200Z/ Republic-Cloud- 836 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR REPUBLIC AND NORTHERN CLOUD COUNTIES... At 835 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Scandia, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Concordia, Belleville, Clyde, Scandia, Jamestown, Courtland, Cuba, Norway, Republic, Munden, Narka and Agenda. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4000 9737 3959 9737 3948 9793 4000 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 240DEG 40KT 3978 9778 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Teefey
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa, Riley | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Lyon, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris and 3 more | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 4 days |
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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.