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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Topeka, KS

April 19, 2023Brown County, Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2023, 7:43 PM CDT for Brown County, Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 19, 2023, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2023, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 19, 3:45 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:01 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
701 PM CDT WED APR 19 2023

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

0656 PM     HAIL             1 NE GRANDVIEW PLAZA    39.05N 96.77W
04/19/2023  E1.00 INCH       GEARY              KS   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR FT. RILEY.

&&

JW

Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:02 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
702 PM CDT WED APR 19 2023

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

0636 PM     HAIL             4 SSE MILFORD           39.12N 96.88W
04/19/2023  E2.00 INCH       GEARY              KS   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT VIA PHOTO SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

JP

Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:09 PM CDT, 34 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 19, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	43 min
Apr 19, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley	36 min
Apr 19, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	33 min
Apr 19, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Nemaha	9 min
Apr 19, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	46 min
Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	13 min
Apr 19, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	50 min
Apr 19, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	44 min
Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Wabaunsee	13 min
Apr 19, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	24 min
Apr 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	46 min
Apr 19, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	24 min
Apr 19, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Lyon, Morris	50 min
Apr 19, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	45 min
Apr 19, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	34 min
Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	48 min
Apr 19, 9:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	17 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	16 min
Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	22 min
Apr 19, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	26 min
Apr 19, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	48 min
Apr 19, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	28 min
Apr 19, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	27 min
Apr 19, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	31 min
Apr 19, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	26 min
Apr 19, 10:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	3 hr
Apr 19, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Pottawatomie	3 hr
Apr 19, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	31 min
Apr 20, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay	19 min
Apr 20, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey, Lyon	33 min
Apr 20, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	26 min
Apr 20, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary, Riley	29 min
Apr 20, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	49 min
Apr 20, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	33 min
Apr 20, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	32 min
Apr 20, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Nemaha	26 min
Apr 20, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	49 min
Apr 20, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Washington	57 min
Apr 20, 2:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Clay	19 min
Apr 20, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley and 1 more	31 min
Apr 20, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	26 min
Apr 20, 2:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Marshall, Nemaha, Riley, Washington	3 hr
Apr 20, 2:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	36 min
Apr 20, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	24 min
Apr 20, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	21 min
Apr 20, 2:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	31 min
Apr 20, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley	44 min
Apr 20, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	57 min
Apr 20, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson, Wabaunsee	30 min
Apr 20, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson, Lyon, Shawnee	35 min
Apr 20, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	27 min
Apr 20, 7:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Marshall	62 min
Apr 20, 3:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	5 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.