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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Topeka, KS

June 25, 2021Anderson County, Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 5:58 PM CDT for Anderson County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 25, 2021, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, KS, Franklin County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 6:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	4 Sw Princeton, KS

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 25, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -476 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

903 
WUUS53 KTOP 252258
SVRTOP
KSC003-059-252330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0097.210625T2258Z-210625T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
558 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Franklin County in east central Kansas...
  Anderson County in east central Kansas...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 558 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 4 miles northwest of Princeton to near Colony,
  moving east at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Ottawa, Garnett, Pomona, Richmond, Colony, Williamsburg, Greeley,
  Princeton, Lane, Rantoul, Westphalia, Kincaid, Lone Elm and Harris.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 169 and 187.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9552 3862 9550 3862 9507
      3831 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 266DEG 39KT 3854 9533 3807 9540 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Flanagan/Gargan

3 follow-up statements

089 
WWUS53 KTOP 252309
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
609 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

KSC003-059-252330-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210625T2330Z/
Franklin-Anderson-
609 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES...

At 608 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles northeast of Princeton to near Lone Elm,
moving east at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Ottawa, Garnett, Richmond, Colony, Greeley, Princeton, Lane, Rantoul,
Kincaid, Lone Elm and Harris.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 174 and 187.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9546 3862 9541 3862 9507 3831 9506
      3804 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 266DEG 39KT 3855 9522 3808 9529 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Flanagan/Gargan

387 
WWUS53 KTOP 252321
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
621 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

KSC003-059-252330-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210625T2330Z/
Franklin-Anderson-
621 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES...

At 620 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Rantoul to near Kincaid, moving east at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. A trained spotter 4 miles SW of 
         Princeton reported 65 mph wind gusts at 6:05PM.

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

Locations impacted include...
Ottawa, Garnett, Richmond, Colony, Greeley, Princeton, Lane, Rantoul,
Kincaid and Lone Elm.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 180 and 187.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9538 3862 9532 3862 9507 3831 9506
      3804 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 266DEG 39KT 3856 9506 3809 9513 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Flanagan/Gargan

208 
WWUS53 KTOP 252329
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
629 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

KSC003-059-252339-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210625T2330Z/
Franklin-Anderson-
629 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND
ANDERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
east central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3804 9538 3862 9532 3862 9507 3831 9506
      3804 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 266DEG 39KT 3857 9495 3810 9502 

$$

Flanagan/Gargan

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	45 min
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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.