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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 2, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Woodbine, KS | 3-4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN AND DIME AND PENNY-SIZED HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
458
WUUS53 KTOP 022306
SVRTOP
KSC041-061-127-022330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0163.210902T2306Z-210902T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
606 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Dickinson County in central Kansas...
Southwestern Geary County in east central Kansas...
Northwestern Morris County in east central Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodbine,
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...
White City, Woodbine and Latimer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
east central Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3877 9709 3891 9708 3898 9668 3869 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 266DEG 26KT 3882 9698
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Flanagan1 follow-up statement
215
WWUS53 KTOP 022320
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
620 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
KSC041-061-127-022330-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-210902T2330Z/
Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
620 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DICKINSON...SOUTHWESTERN GEARY AND NORTHWESTERN
MORRIS COUNTIES...
At 619 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast of
Woodbine, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
White City and Woodbine.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
east central Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3877 9698 3892 9705 3898 9668 3872 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 254DEG 24KT 3885 9692
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FlanaganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 32 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.