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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

March 16, 2021Lyon County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2021, 11:35 PM CDT for Lyon County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 16, 2021, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Lyon County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 11:35 PM CDTHAIL 1Americus, 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

076 
WUUS53 KTOP 170435
SVRTOP
KSC111-197-170500-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0007.210317T0435Z-210317T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1135 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
  Northern Lyon County in east central Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1135 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Americus,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Americus, Allen, Admire and Bushong. 

This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 130 and 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9635 3852 9635 3883 9623 3876 9595
      3871 9595 3842 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 208DEG 29KT 3854 9622 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Teefey
1 follow-up statement
129 
WWUS53 KTOP 170446
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1146 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

KSC111-197-170500-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210317T0500Z/
Wabaunsee-Lyon-
1146 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE AND NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTIES...

At 1146 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Allen, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Allen and Admire. 

This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 146 and 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3859 9626 3882 9619 3876 9595 3871 9595
      3855 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 208DEG 30KT 3863 9616 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Teefey

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 11:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon27 min
Mar 16, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee33 min
Mar 17, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage42 min
Mar 17, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee28 min
Mar 17, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee18 min
Mar 17, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas37 min
Mar 17, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee36 min
Mar 17, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee32 min
Mar 17, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson14 min
Mar 17, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCoffey30 min
Mar 17, 7:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage2 hr
Mar 17, 7:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee35 min
Mar 17, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage44 hr
Mar 17, 9:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPAnderson35 hr
Mar 17, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin24 hr
Mar 17, 3:11 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon and 4 more12 hr
Mar 17, 4:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin, Osage39 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.