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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Topeka, KS

November 10, 2021Brown County, Jackson County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2021, 1:17 PM CST for Brown County, Jackson County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
Nov 10, 2021, 1:17 PM CST (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2021, 1:45 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2021-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 2021-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

912 
WUUS53 KTOP 101917
SVRTOP
KSC013-085-131-101945-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0172.211110T1917Z-211110T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
117 PM CST Wed Nov 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

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

* Until 145 PM CST.

* At 116 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 4 miles south of Corning to near Circleville to
  Mayetta, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Holton, Horton, Wetmore, Mayetta, Whiting, Denison, Circleville,
  Netawaka, Soldier, Goff, Kickapoo Reservation and Woodlawn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3965 9556 3943 9557 3932 9575 3942 9592
      3950 9604 3957 9604 3957 9611 3981 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 232DEG 36KT 3959 9602 3949 9581 3934 9573 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CP
1 follow-up statement
079 
WWUS53 KTOP 101935
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
135 PM CST Wed Nov 10 2021

KSC013-085-131-101945-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-211110T1945Z/
Jackson-Nemaha-Brown-
135 PM CST Wed Nov 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN NEMAHA AND SOUTHWESTERN BROWN
COUNTIES...

At 135 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles north of Wetmore to near Whiting to 5 miles
northeast of Denison, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Holton, Horton, Wetmore, Whiting, Netawaka, Goff, Kickapoo
Reservation and Woodlawn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3965 9556 3943 9557 3966 9601 3981 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 232DEG 36KT 3970 9584 3960 9563 3945 9555 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 11:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris15 min
Nov 10, 12:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris27 min
Nov 10, 12:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee23 min
Nov 10, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee29 min
Nov 10, 1:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown43 min
Nov 10, 1:21 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPJackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie114 min
Nov 10, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha30 min
Nov 10, 1:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris37 min
Nov 10, 2:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson34 min
Nov 10, 4:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon30 min
Nov 10, 4:09 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPPottawatomie, Riley3 hr
Nov 10, 4:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey25 min
Nov 10, 4:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage33 min
Nov 10, 4:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey29 min
Nov 10, 5:22 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie2 hr
Nov 10, 5:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson36 min
Nov 10, 5:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage, Shawnee31 min
Nov 10, 5:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey36 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.