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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Topeka, KS

September 18, 2022Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2022, 1:17 AM CDT for Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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: Sep 18, 2022, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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: 1356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Sep 18, 12:43 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 12:43 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 2:56 PM CDT, 10 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
256 PM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-182000-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
256 PM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Kansas, east central
Kansas, north central Kansas and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and
evening. Hail up to the size of quarters and winds up to 60 mph will
be the main hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 17, 10:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1002 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NE OGDEN              39.13N 96.68W
09/17/2022  M67 MPH          RILEY              KS   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KMHK MANHATTAN.

&&

JW

Local storm report, Sep 17, 10:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1009 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 ENE OGDEN             39.13N 96.64W
09/17/2022  M61 MPH          RILEY              KS   MESONET

            KSU MESONET.

&&

Local storm report, Sep 17, 10:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1014 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1003 PM     HAIL             2 E MARYSVILLE          39.84N 96.60W
09/17/2022  E1.50 INCH       MARSHALL           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JW

Local storm report, Sep 17, 10:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1033 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0925 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHAPMAN                 38.97N 97.02W
09/17/2022                   DICKINSON          KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THREE INCH TREE BRANCH TORN OFF HEALTHY
            MAPLE TREE.

&&

BD

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1100 PM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022

KSZ035-180445-
Dickinson-
1100 PM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Dickinson County through 1145 PM CDT...

At 1100 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gypsum, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Abilene and Carlton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 9737 3892 9725 3861 9707 3861 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 256DEG 14KT 3867 9743

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 1:10 AM CDT, 7 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
Sep 17, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	25 min
Sep 17, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	19 min
Sep 17, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Ottawa	37 min
Sep 17, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	47 min
Sep 17, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	32 min
Sep 17, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson	61 min
Sep 17, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	34 min
Sep 17, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	47 min
Sep 17, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Geary, Riley	25 min
Sep 17, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	29 min
Sep 17, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	36 min
Sep 17, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Geary, Riley	15 min
Sep 17, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	45 min
Sep 17, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	49 min
Sep 17, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	38 min
Sep 17, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	65 min
Sep 18, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	35 min
Sep 18, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	26 min
Sep 18, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	35 min
Sep 18, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	31 min
Sep 18, 3:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	27 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.