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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2021, 5:39 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- May 5, 2021, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 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 22:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 2562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
932
WUUS53 KTOP 052239
SVRTOP
KSC029-157-052315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0015.210505T2239Z-210505T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
539 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Republic County in north central Kansas...
Northwestern Cloud County in north central Kansas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 538 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
Jamestown, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Concordia, Jamestown and Norway.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3972 9785 3966 9758 3950 9769 3964 9793
3965 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 296DEG 23KT 3966 9785
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
BD/DR2 follow-up statements
225
WWUS53 KTOP 052257
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
557 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
KSC157-052306-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210505T2315Z/
Republic-
557 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3965 9782 3960 9762 3950 9769 3960 9786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 317DEG 23KT 3957 9778
$$
KSC029-052315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210505T2315Z/
Cloud-
557 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY...
At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast of
Jamestown, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Concordia and Jamestown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3965 9782 3960 9762 3950 9769 3960 9786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 317DEG 23KT 3957 9778
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
BD/DR518
WWUS53 KTOP 052314
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
614 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
KSC029-052323-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210505T2315Z/
Cloud-
614 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail and gusty winds up to 40 mph are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3965 9782 3960 9762 3950 9769 3960 9786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 296DEG 23KT 3953 9767
$$
BD/DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 18 min |
| May 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 18 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.