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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Topeka, KS

August 31, 2021Brown County, Jackson County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2021, 8:10 AM CDT for Brown County, Jackson County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 8:36 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 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 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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

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The text

As transmitted.

647 
WUUS53 KTOP 311310
SVRTOP
KSC013-085-131-311400-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0161.210831T1310Z-210831T1400Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Jackson County in northeastern Kansas...
  Southeastern Nemaha County in northeastern Kansas...
  Brown County in northeastern Kansas...

* Until 900 AM CDT.

* At 809 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Powhattan,
  moving southeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Holton, Hiawatha, Sabetha, Horton, Wetmore, Everest, Fairview,
  Robinson, Whiting, Netawaka, Goff, Powhattan, Hamlin, Willis,
  Kickapoo Reservation and Woodlawn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3995 9534 3965 9534 3965 9556 3957 9556
      3957 9557 3942 9557 3942 9559 3941 9559
      3937 9572 3982 9609 3999 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 1309Z 309DEG 36KT 3976 9566 

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

$$

Teefey
2 follow-up statements
437 
WWUS53 KTOP 311328
SVSTOP

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

KSC013-085-131-311400-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-210831T1400Z/
Jackson-Nemaha-Brown-
828 AM CDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN NEMAHA AND SOUTHERN BROWN
COUNTIES...

At 827 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Horton, moving
southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Holton, Horton, Wetmore, Everest, Robinson, Whiting, Netawaka, Goff,
Powhattan, Willis and Kickapoo Reservation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3965 9534 3965 9556 3957 9556 3957 9557
      3942 9557 3942 9559 3941 9559 3937 9572
      3968 9597 3985 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 309DEG 36KT 3964 9547 

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

$$

Teefey
472 
WWUS53 KTOP 311336
SVSTOP

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

KSC013-085-131-311346-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-210831T1400Z/
Jackson-Nemaha-Brown-
836 AM CDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...
SOUTHEASTERN NEMAHA AND SOUTHERN BROWN 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 3965 9534 3965 9556 3957 9556 3957 9557
      3942 9557 3942 9559 3941 9559 3937 9572
      3968 9597 3985 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 309DEG 36KT 3958 9538 

$$

Teefey

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, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington25 min
Aug 31, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown, Nemaha26 min
Aug 31, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall, Washington33 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.