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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Topeka, KS

July 22, 2023Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2023, 4:58 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2023, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Dickinson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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
Jul 22, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 269 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: 89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 Jul 22, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
241 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

KSZ038-054-055-222015-
Wabaunsee-Lyon-Osage-
241 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Wabaunsee, southwestern Osage and northeastern Lyon Counties through
315 PM CDT...

At 241 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Admire, moving south at 35 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...
Harveyville, Reading, Allen and Admire.

This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 134 and 156.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9624 3880 9594 3846 9580 3842 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 344DEG 29KT 3869 9607

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

ST

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
258 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

KSZ008-222030-
Republic-
258 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Republic
County through 330 PM CDT...

At 257 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles north of Belleville, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size 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...
Belleville, Cuba, Munden and Agenda.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9755 3975 9739 3966 9737 3965 9766
      4000 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 330DEG 24KT 3990 9765

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

ST

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:43 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:58 PM CDT, 0 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
Jul 22, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	28 min
Jul 22, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	23 min
Jul 22, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	29 min
Jul 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	34 min
Jul 22, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	32 min
Jul 22, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	27 min
Jul 22, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	31 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	34 min
Jul 22, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson	28 min
Jul 22, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	32 min
Jul 22, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	31 min
Jul 22, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	28 min
Jul 22, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	23 min
Jul 22, 5:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Republic	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	35 min
Jul 22, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	35 min
Jul 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	31 min
Jul 22, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Ottawa	25 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.