Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2023, 8:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2023, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2023, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
682 WUUS53 KTOP 150155 SVRTOP KSC027-029-143-201-150245- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0021.230415T0155Z-230415T0245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Topeka KS 855 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023 The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Ottawa County in north central Kansas... Northwestern Clay County in north central Kansas... Southern Washington County in north central Kansas... Southeastern Cloud County in north central Kansas... * Until 945 PM CDT. * At 855 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles west of Palmer to 7 miles north of Minneapolis, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Clay Center, Clyde, Clifton, Miltonvale, Linn, Greenleaf, Morganville, Barnes, Palmer, Aurora, Vining, Oak Hill and Idana. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. Heavy rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3975 9727 3974 9681 3915 9737 3914 9782 TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 224DEG 31KT 3965 9724 3922 9766 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$
3 follow-up statements
191
WWUS53 KTOP 150220
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
920 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023
KSC027-029-143-201-150245-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230415T0245Z/
Ottawa-Clay-Washington-Cloud-
920 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA...NORTHWESTERN CLAY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTIES...
At 919 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Palmer to 6 miles northeast of Wells, moving northeast
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Clay Center, Clyde, Clifton, Miltonvale, Linn, Greenleaf,
Morganville, Barnes, Palmer, Aurora, Vining, Oak Hill and Idana.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for damaging winds. People outside should move
to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3975 9727 3974 9681 3915 9737 3914 9764
3934 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 244DEG 21KT 3962 9715 3922 9749
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$679
WWUS53 KTOP 150231
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
931 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023
KSC201-150240-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230415T0245Z/
Washington-
931 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. Therefore, the
warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3947 9746 3957 9727 3956 9698 3915 9737
3914 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 240DEG 22KT 3947 9733 3920 9741
$$
KSC027-029-143-150245-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230415T0245Z/
Ottawa-Clay-Cloud-
931 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA...NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD
COUNTIES...
At 930 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles west of Morganville to 5 miles northwest of
Longford, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Clay Center, Clifton, Miltonvale, Morganville, Oak Hill and Idana.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3947 9746 3957 9727 3956 9698 3915 9737
3914 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 240DEG 22KT 3947 9733 3920 9741
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$540
WWUS53 KTOP 150240
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
940 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023
KSC027-029-143-150250-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230415T0245Z/
Ottawa-Clay-Cloud-
940 PM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTTAWA...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945
PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3947 9746 3957 9727 3956 9698 3915 9737
3914 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 224DEG 31KT 3951 9728 3924 9736
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Washington | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Marshall, Riley | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Geary, Morris, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 13 min |
| Apr 15, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 22 min |
| Apr 15, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 20 min |
| Apr 15, 2:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 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.