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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 2, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
322 WUUS53 KTOP 022330 SVRTOP KSC041-061-127-030000- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0164.210902T2330Z-210903T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Topeka KS 630 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 700 PM CDT. * At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodbine, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... 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 3874 9698 3890 9700 3896 9680 3872 9675 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 265DEG 13KT 3881 9692 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Flanagan
2 follow-up statements
045
WWUS53 KTOP 022348
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
648 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
KSC041-022357-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-210903T0000Z/
Dickinson-
648 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
east central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3874 9693 3881 9693 3881 9689 3887 9689
3887 9693 3892 9692 3896 9680 3872 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 265DEG 13KT 3882 9684
$$
KSC061-127-030000-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-210903T0000Z/
Geary-Morris-
648 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEARY AND NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTIES...
At 647 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
Latimer, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
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 3874 9693 3881 9693 3881 9689 3887 9689
3887 9693 3892 9692 3896 9680 3872 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 265DEG 13KT 3882 9684
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Flanagan313
WWUS53 KTOP 030000
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
700 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
KSC061-127-030010-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-210903T0000Z/
Geary-Morris-
700 PM CDT Thu Sep 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEARY AND
NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire. However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
east central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3874 9693 3881 9693 3881 9689 3887 9689
3887 9693 3892 9692 3896 9680 3872 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 265DEG 13KT 3882 9679
$$
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, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.