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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2021, 8:31 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Mar 26, 2021, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jackson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Mayetta, KS | DELAYED REPORT, TIME RADAR ESTIMATED. METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF OF STRUCTURE. SIDING DAMAGE TO NEARBY HOUSE. PHOTOS SHARED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 26, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Se Holton, KS | PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
528
WUUS53 KTOP 270131
SVRTOP
KSC085-270215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0013.210327T0131Z-210327T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
831 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Jackson County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 831 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
of Emmett, moving east 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...
Holton, Mayetta, Whiting, Denison, Circleville and Potawatomi
Reservation.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 9558 3942 9559 3928 9559 3926 9602
3930 9604 3947 9604 3963 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 250DEG 25KT 3937 9597
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Skow2 follow-up statements
703
WWUS53 KTOP 270201
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
901 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021
KSC085-270215-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210327T0215Z/
Jackson-
901 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY...
At 901 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest of
Potawatomi Reservation, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Holton, Mayetta, Denison, Circleville and Potawatomi Reservation.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 9558 3942 9559 3928 9559 3926 9595
3931 9596 3950 9595 3958 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 255DEG 26KT 3938 9589
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Skow983
WWUS53 KTOP 270213
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
913 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021
KSC085-270223-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210327T0215Z/
Jackson-
913 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 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 gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3942 9558 3942 9559 3928 9559 3926 9595
3931 9596 3950 9595 3958 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 250DEG 25KT 3941 9580
$$
SkowThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 10:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Pottawatomie | 110 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.