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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 8:02 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 25, 2021, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Randolph, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
113
WUUS53 KTOP 260102
SVRTOP
KSC149-161-260145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0032.210526T0102Z-210526T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
802 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Riley County in northeastern Kansas...
Northwestern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 802 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Randolph,
moving southeast at 15 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...
Olsburg and Tuttle Creek Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3946 9691 3955 9669 3944 9643 3927 9670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 308DEG 12KT 3945 9674
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Teefey2 follow-up statements
428 WWUS53 KTOP 260121 SVSTOP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 821 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 KSC149-161-260145- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210526T0145Z/ Riley-Pottawatomie- 821 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL RILEY AND NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES... At 821 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Olsburg, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Olsburg, Randolph and Tuttle Creek Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3944 9643 3927 9670 3944 9683 3952 9667 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 307DEG 10KT 3942 9669 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ Teefey
204
WWUS53 KTOP 260138
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
838 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC149-161-260148-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210526T0145Z/
Riley-Pottawatomie-
838 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RILEY AND
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
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 will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3944 9643 3927 9670 3944 9683 3952 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 308DEG 12KT 3939 9663
$$
TeefeyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Cloud | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 32 min |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 24 min |
| May 26, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 14 more | 31 hr |
| May 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 31 min |
| May 26, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 54 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.