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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Topeka, KS

June 8, 2022Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2022, 2:20 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2022, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2022, 2:33 AM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 972 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 12:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:44 PM CDT, 11 hours 36 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
244 PM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081945-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
244 PM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north
central and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Isolated storms are possible this afternoon into the early
evening. Any storm that develops this afternoon into the early
evening will be capable of large hail and possibly a tornado.
Thunderstorms are likely late this evening into the overnight
hours. These storms may be severe with damaging winds as the
primary hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Another round of severe storms are possible Thursday evening into
Friday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters may be needed today or tonight.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at...
http://www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 2:07 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	50 min
Jun 7, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	45 min
Jun 7, 10:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	26 min
Jun 7, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	35 min
Jun 7, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Ottawa and 3 more	51 min
Jun 7, 11:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall	23 min
Jun 7, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TOP	Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	45 min
Jun 7, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley and 2 more	32 min
Jun 7, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Nemaha, Shawnee	50 min
Jun 8, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	40 min
Jun 8, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	25 min
Jun 8, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	28 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.