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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2023, 7:15 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2023, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2023, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ssw Enterprise, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120
WUUS53 KTOP 170015 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC041-170045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0252.230917T0015Z-230917T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
715 PM CDT Sat Sep 16 2023
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Dickinson County in central Kansas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 714 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest
of Moonlight, moving south at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management report 5 miles northeast of Talmage.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Abilene, Chapman, Enterprise and Moonlight.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 273 and 285.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3910 9726 3913 9711 3885 9696 3879 9725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 345DEG 30KT 3904 9717
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
BD1 follow-up statement
694
WWUS53 KTOP 170026
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
726 PM CDT Sat Sep 16 2023
KSC041-170045-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-230917T0045Z/
Dickinson-
726 PM CDT Sat Sep 16 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY...
At 726 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Enterprise,
moving south at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Abilene, Chapman, Enterprise, Moonlight and Talmage.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 273 and 285.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 9726 3907 9709 3885 9696 3879 9725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 345DEG 30KT 3894 9714
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
BDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 24 min |
| Sep 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 35 min |
| Sep 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.