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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Topeka, KS

May 27, 2021Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2021, 1:12 AM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2021, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 1:38 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 642 Sse Concordia, KSASOS STATION KCNK CONCORDIA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 27, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

824 
WUUS53 KTOP 270612
SVRTOP
KSC029-157-270645-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0037.210527T0612Z-210527T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
112 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Republic County in north central Kansas...
  Western Cloud County in north central Kansas...

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 112 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Courtland to near Scottsville to near Beloit,
  moving east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Jamestown around 115 AM CDT.
  Scandia around 120 AM CDT.
  Norway around 125 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Concordia and Glasco.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3983 9793 3978 9747 3951 9753 3933 9776
      3937 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 280DEG 28KT 3977 9787 3957 9792 3944 9807 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson39 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay, Ottawa, Riley66 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic30 min
May 27, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Morris13 min
May 27, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris53 min
May 27, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic33 min
May 27, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris46 min
May 27, 12:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDickinson, Morris4 hr
May 27, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee47 min
May 27, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee67 min
May 27, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon35 min
May 27, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington23 min
May 27, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Republic, Washington49 min
May 27, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey48 min
May 27, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOsage45 min
May 27, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson59 min
May 27, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Jefferson57 min
May 27, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud37 min
May 27, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington41 min
May 27, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley51 min
May 27, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas54 min
May 27, 3:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMarshall, Riley, Washington4 hr
May 27, 4:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris, Wabaunsee23 min
May 27, 4:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Morris6 hr
May 27, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee32 min
May 27, 5:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPGeary, Morris18 min
May 27, 5:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee34 min
May 27, 5:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Morris4 hr
May 27, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee29 min
May 27, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon34 min
May 27, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage52 min
May 27, 6:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee3 hr
May 27, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPAnderson37 min
May 27, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin27 min
May 27, 8:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee8 hr
May 27, 8:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPGeary, Morris14 hr
May 27, 10:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage9 hr
May 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee8 hr
May 27, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPShawnee7 hr
May 27, 10:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMorris20 hr
May 27, 2:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon26 hr
May 27, 2:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon32 hr
May 27, 2:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage16 hr

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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.