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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS

May 25, 2021Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 5:25 PM CDT for Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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: May 25, 2021, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2021, 6:05 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Marshall County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

898 
WUUS53 KTOP 252225
SVRTOP
KSC117-201-252315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0029.210525T2225Z-210525T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
525 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

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

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 525 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
  Washington, moving east at 25 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Hollenberg around 530 PM CDT.
  Hanover around 545 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Bremen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9668 3977 9669 3983 9721 4000 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 276DEG 22KT 3988 9705 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Teefey

3 follow-up statements

659 
WWUS53 KTOP 252243
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
543 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

KSC117-201-252315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210525T2315Z/
Washington-Marshall-
543 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...

At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hanover, moving
east at 25 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...
  Bremen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9668 3977 9669 3983 9721 4000 9701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 267DEG 23KT 3988 9690 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Teefey

312 
WWUS53 KTOP 252253
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
553 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

KSC117-201-252315-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210525T2315Z/
Washington-Marshall-
553 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...

At 553 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Washington,
moving northeast at 40 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...
Washington, Hanover, Morrowville and Bremen. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9668 3977 9669 3983 9721 3991 9701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 236DEG 36KT 3985 9703 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Teefey

590 
WWUS53 KTOP 252305
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
605 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

KSC117-201-252314-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210525T2315Z/
Washington-Marshall-
605 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWESTERN 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.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
central Washington and north-central Marshall Counties.

LAT...LON 4000 9668 3977 9669 3983 9721 3991 9701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 276DEG 22KT 3984 9694 

$$

Teefey

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	25 min
May 25, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	35 min
May 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	28 min
May 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	34 min
May 25, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	30 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	28 min
May 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	50 min
May 25, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	26 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Washington	3 hr
May 25, 6:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Marshall, Washington	3 hr
May 25, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	22 min
May 25, 6:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Washington	2 hr
May 25, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	24 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.