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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 28, 2023Atchison County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2023, 10:05 PM CDT for Atchison County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 28, 2023, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2023, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Atchison County, KS

The radar

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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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 28, 6:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 5:02 AM CDT, 17 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:44 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Schuyler	34 min
Jul 29, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Harrison	36 min
Jul 29, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Atchison, Holt	45 min
Jul 29, 9:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway	49 min
Jul 29, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry and 2 more	47 min
Jul 29, 10:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 4 more	51 min
Jul 29, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Lafayette	26 min
Jul 29, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 1 more	48 min
Jul 29, 11:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	47 min
Jul 29, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates, Cass, Johnson, Lafayette, Saline	44 min
Jul 29, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Howard, Linn and 6 more	51 min
Jul 29, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Macon, Randolph and 1 more	54 min
Jul 29, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	46 min
Jul 28, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	46 min
Jul 28, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	38 min

Nearby

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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.