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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Topeka, KS

April 29, 20225 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2022, 8:24 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 29, 2022, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

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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
Apr 29, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Apr 29, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:39 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
739 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022

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

0705 PM     HAIL             2 E CHAPMAN             38.97N 96.99W
04/29/2022  E1.50 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50
            IN.).

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:42 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:01 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
801 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022

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

0800 PM     HAIL             2 S CHAPMAN             38.94N 97.02W
04/29/2022  M1.50 INCH       DICKINSON          KS   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022

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

0800 PM     TORNADO          7 SE CARLTON            38.62N 97.19W
04/29/2022                   DICKINSON          KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:19 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:21 PM CDT, 3 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
Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington	30 min
Apr 29, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	37 min
Apr 29, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	21 min
Apr 29, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary	23 min
Apr 29, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	30 min
Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	37 min
Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	2 hr
Apr 29, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	36 min
Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min
Apr 29, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	46 min
Apr 29, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Dickinson	17 min
Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	28 min
Apr 29, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	24 min
Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Morris	23 min
Apr 29, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	21 min
Apr 29, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	31 min
Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	13 min
Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	12 min
Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	22 min
Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	48 min
Apr 29, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	40 min
Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	24 min
Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	22 min
Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson	17 min
Apr 29, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin, Osage	30 min
Apr 29, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	27 min
Apr 29, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	33 min
Apr 29, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	16 min
Apr 29, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	28 min
Apr 29, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	17 min
Apr 29, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	28 min
Apr 29, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	26 min
Apr 29, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	36 min
Apr 29, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin	47 min
Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	28 min
Apr 29, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson	42 min
Apr 30, 3:21 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall and 6 more	16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.