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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Topeka, KS

May 9, 2023Anderson County, Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2023, 5:32 PM CDT for Anderson County, Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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: May 9, 2023, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2023, 5:47 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 5:42 PM CDT, 23 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 5:42 PM CDT, 23 hours 50 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
May 9, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	25 min
May 9, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Lyon	30 min
May 9, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	49 min
May 9, 5:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	3 hr
May 9, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	32 min
May 9, 7:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	28 min
May 9, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	14 min
May 9, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	31 min
May 9, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	67 min
May 9, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa, Republic	24 min
May 9, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa, Republic	47 min
May 9, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	25 min
May 9, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	67 min
May 9, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Clay	20 min
May 9, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa	29 min
May 9, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris, Pottawatomie and 2 more	53 min
May 9, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	44 min
May 9, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley and 1 more	66 min
May 9, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary, Morris, Riley	31 min
May 9, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and 1 more	50 min
May 9, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee and 1 more	30 min
May 9, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee and 1 more	46 min
May 9, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage	63 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	26 min
May 9, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Anderson, Douglas, Franklin	6 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.