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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS

June 24, 2021Brown County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT for Brown County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, KS, Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 2766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 404 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 23.2

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The text

As transmitted.

582 
WUUS53 KTOP 250000
SVRTOP
KSC013-131-250045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0071.210625T0000Z-210625T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
700 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Nemaha County in northeastern Kansas...
  Northern Brown County in northeastern Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 659 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 4 miles northwest of Bern to near Sabetha, moving
  northeast at 50 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...
  Sabetha, Seneca, Morrill, Bern, Reserve, Oneida and Hamlin. 

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 4000 9534 3988 9534 3983 9617 4000 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 246DEG 45KT 3999 9605 3992 9577 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Reese

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	23 min
Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	43 min
Jun 24, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	35 min
Jun 24, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	33 min
Jun 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Riley	30 min
Jun 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	28 min
Jun 24, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	26 min
Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	7 hr
Jun 24, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	23 min
Jun 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	49 min
Jun 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	34 min
Jun 24, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	34 min
Jun 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	32 min
Jun 24, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	35 min
Jun 24, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	36 min
Jun 24, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	34 min
Jun 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	34 min
Jun 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	27 min
Jun 24, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	29 min
Jun 24, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Brown	6 hr
Jun 25, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	31 min
Jun 25, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	24 min
Jun 25, 12:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown	5 hr
Jun 25, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	34 min
Jun 25, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	29 min
Jun 25, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	30 min
Jun 25, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	46 min
Jun 25, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	22 min
Jun 25, 2:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	5 hr
Jun 25, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	51 min
Jun 25, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	30 min
Jun 25, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	34 min
Jun 25, 7:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	12 hr
Jun 25, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	33 min
Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris	32 min
Jun 25, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	21 min
Jun 25, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	11 min
Jun 25, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	34 min
Jun 25, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	31 min
Jun 25, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	26 min
Jun 25, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	24 min
Jun 25, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	35 min
Jun 25, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	27 min
Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Osage	50 min
Jun 25, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	34 min
Jun 25, 3:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Osage	7 hr
Jun 25, 3:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	69 min
Jun 25, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	36 min
Jun 25, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	48 min
Jun 25, 4:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	115 min
Jun 25, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	41 min
Jun 25, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	36 min
Jun 25, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	48 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Morris	33 min
Jun 25, 4:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	6 hr
Jun 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	24 min
Jun 25, 4:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	81 min
Jun 25, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	36 min
Jun 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Riley	43 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	6 hr
Jun 25, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	30 min
Jun 25, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	40 min
Jun 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	52 min
Jun 25, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	32 min
Jun 25, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	29 min
Jun 25, 6:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	4 hr
Jun 25, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	43 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.