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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2021, 11:57 PM CDT for Lyon County, Osage County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 16, 2021, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
048 WUUS53 KTOP 170457 SVRTOP KSC111-139-197-170530- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0008.210317T0457Z-210317T0530Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Topeka KS 1157 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... Northwestern Osage County in east central Kansas... Northeastern Lyon County in east central Kansas... * Until 1230 AM CDT. * At 1156 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Admire, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Harveyville and Admire. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 154 and 162. This replaces the previous severe thunderstorm warning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3863 9609 3868 9618 3890 9605 3883 9583 TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 217DEG 30KT 3869 9609 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Teefey
2 follow-up statements
907 WWUS53 KTOP 170507 SVSTOP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 1207 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 KSC111-139-197-170530- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210317T0530Z/ Wabaunsee-Osage-Lyon- 1207 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...NORTHWESTERN OSAGE AND NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTIES... At 1207 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of Eskridge, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Harveyville. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 153 and 162. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3864 9607 3871 9616 3890 9605 3883 9583 TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 206DEG 30KT 3879 9607 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Gargan
082 WWUS53 KTOP 170513 SVSTOP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 1213 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 KSC111-139-197-170530- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210317T0530Z/ Wabaunsee-Osage-Lyon- 1213 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...NORTHWESTERN OSAGE AND NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTIES... At 1213 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast of Eskridge, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Harveyville. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 152 and 162. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3866 9604 3875 9613 3890 9605 3883 9583 TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 215DEG 28KT 3882 9605 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ Gargan
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 42 min |
| Mar 17, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 28 min |
| Mar 17, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 18 min |
| Mar 17, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Mar 17, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 14 min |
| Mar 17, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 44 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 35 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:11 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.