Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 9:24 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dickinson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9:34 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Carlton, 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
751
WUUS53 KTOP 260224
SVRTOP
KSC041-260300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0098.210626T0224Z-210626T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
924 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Dickinson County in central Kansas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 924 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gypsum,
moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Abilene, Solomon, Enterprise, Hope and Carlton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9709 3861 9706 3861 9737 3891 9737
3892 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 240DEG 34KT 3866 9742
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Gargan4 follow-up statements
555
WWUS53 KTOP 260232
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
932 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC041-260300-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-210626T0300Z/
Dickinson-
932 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
At 932 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carlton, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Abilene, Solomon, Enterprise, Hope and Carlton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9709 3861 9706 3861 9737 3891 9737
3892 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 240DEG 34KT 3870 9734
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Gargan674
WWUS53 KTOP 260244
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
944 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC041-260300-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-210626T0300Z/
Dickinson-
944 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
At 944 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of
Carlton, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Abilene, Solomon, Enterprise, Hope and Carlton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9709 3861 9706 3861 9737 3891 9737
3892 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 243DEG 34KT 3875 9720
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Gargan277
WWUS53 KTOP 260252
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
952 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC041-260300-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-210626T0300Z/
Dickinson-
952 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
At 951 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of
Hope, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported in Carlton at 934 PM CDT.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Abilene, Solomon, Enterprise, Hope and Carlton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9709 3861 9706 3861 9737 3891 9737
3892 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 240DEG 33KT 3877 9714
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Gargan895
WWUS53 KTOP 260253
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
953 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC041-260303-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-210626T0300Z/
Dickinson-
953 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3890 9709 3861 9706 3861 9737 3891 9737
3892 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 240DEG 34KT 3877 9714
$$
GarganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 22 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 22 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 9:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 10:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 21 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 2:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 115 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.