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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Topeka, KS

August 31, 2021Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2021, 7:30 AM CDT for Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 31, 2021, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 7:55 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Marshall County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 986 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

353 
WUUS53 KTOP 311230
SVRTOP
KSC117-201-311330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0160.210831T1230Z-210831T1330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
730 AM CDT Tue Aug 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Washington County in north central Kansas...
  Marshall County in northeastern Kansas...

* Until 830 AM CDT.

* At 730 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
  of Diller, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Marysville, Blue Rapids, Hanover, Waterville, Axtell, Beattie,
  Barnes, Summerfield, Oketo, Hollenberg and Bremen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9624 3977 9624 3960 9681 4000 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 336DEG 32KT 4014 9687 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Jones
1 follow-up statement
296 
WWUS53 KTOP 311255
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
755 AM CDT Tue Aug 31 2021

KSC117-201-311305-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-210831T1330Z/
Washington-Marshall-
755 AM CDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
MARSHALL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4000 9624 3977 9624 3960 9681 4000 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1253Z 336DEG 32KT 3993 9675 

$$

Jones

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown13 min
Aug 31, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown, Nemaha26 min
Aug 31, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall, Washington33 min
Aug 31, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha26 min
Aug 31, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson, Jefferson25 min
Aug 31, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson, Shawnee35 min
Aug 31, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary, Wabaunsee36 min
Aug 31, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage34 min
Aug 31, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin, Osage37 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.