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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS

April 6, 2021Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 8:41 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 6, 2021, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2021, 9:27 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2021-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

603 
WUUS53 KTOP 070141
SVRTOP
KSC143-070245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0014.210407T0141Z-210407T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
841 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Ottawa County in north central Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 841 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles east of Victor to near Lincoln to 6 miles
  northeast of Ellsworth, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Minneapolis, Delphos, Tescott, Culver and Ada. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9793 3931 9764 3896 9764 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 217DEG 46KT 3927 9815 3901 9816 3881 9818 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$
Flanagan/Baerg
3 follow-up statements
904 
WWUS53 KTOP 070152
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
852 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC143-070245-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210407T0245Z/
Ottawa-
852 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...

At 852 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Barnard to 4 miles east of Lincoln to
9 miles northeast of Kanopolis, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Minneapolis, Delphos, Tescott, Culver and Ada. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9793 3931 9764 3896 9764 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 236DEG 32KT 3929 9806 3903 9807 3883 9809 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$
Flanagan/Baerg
875 
WWUS53 KTOP 070211
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
911 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC143-070245-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210407T0245Z/
Ottawa-
911 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...

At 911 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northeast of Barnard to near Ada to 5 miles
south of Tescott, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Minneapolis, Delphos, Tescott, Culver and Ada. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9793 3931 9764 3896 9764 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 236DEG 34KT 3924 9793 3912 9787 3892 9790 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
Flanagan/Baerg
170 
WWUS53 KTOP 070227
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
927 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC143-070237-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210407T0245Z/
Ottawa-
927 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
north central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3931 9793 3931 9764 3896 9764 3896 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 217DEG 46KT 3938 9779 3926 9773 3906 9776 

$$
Flanagan/Baerg

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic35 min
Apr 6, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa31 min
Apr 6, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay43 min
Apr 6, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley47 min
Apr 6, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee41 min
Apr 6, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson, Osage, Shawnee58 min
Apr 6, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDickinson3 hr
Apr 6, 11:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMorris3 hr
Apr 7, 3:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCoffey, Lyon3 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.