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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 6:01 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 24, 2021, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2072 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
167
WUUS53 KTOP 242301
SVRTOP
KSC117-131-242345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0068.210624T2301Z-210624T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
601 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Nemaha County in northeastern Kansas...
Northeastern Marshall County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
of Beattie, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Axtell and Beattie.
A tornado warning remain in effect until 615 PM for north-central
Marshall County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 9608 3986 9643 3996 9647 4000 9629
4000 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 250DEG 22KT 3992 9636
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Reese1 follow-up statement
701
WWUS53 KTOP 242313
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
613 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
KSC117-131-242345-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-210624T2345Z/
Nemaha-Marshall-
613 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA AND NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
At 613 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
Axtell, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Axtell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 9608 3987 9632 3998 9634 4000 9629
4000 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 250DEG 22KT 3995 9626
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ReeseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 18 min |
| Jun 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 9 more | 58 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 61 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.