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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 13, 2024Atchison County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2024, 9:44 PM CDT for Atchison County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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: Mar 13, 2024, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2024, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Atchison County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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
Mar 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 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, Mar 13, 9:27 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:33 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:37 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:41 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	29 min
Mar 13, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	37 min
Mar 13, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	45 min
Mar 13, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	36 min
Mar 13, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray	44 min
Mar 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	37 min
Mar 13, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Ray	48 min
Mar 13, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Harrison, Mercer	44 min
Mar 13, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	27 min
Mar 13, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	27 min
Mar 13, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt, Nodaway	31 min
Mar 13, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Saline	40 min
Mar 13, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	39 min
Mar 13, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Saline	49 min
Mar 13, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	42 min
Mar 13, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon, Randolph	49 min
Mar 13, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Ray	42 min
Mar 13, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	34 min
Mar 14, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray	43 min
Mar 14, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	49 min
Mar 14, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston	32 min
Mar 14, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 2 more	40 min
Mar 14, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Ray	49 min
Mar 14, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph, Schuyler and 1 more	48 min
Mar 14, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	41 min
Mar 14, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	34 min
Mar 14, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	32 min
Mar 14, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	34 min
Mar 14, 3:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	36 hr
Mar 14, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	22 min
Mar 14, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	28 min
Mar 14, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson	31 min
Mar 14, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	36 min
Mar 14, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	44 min
Mar 14, 4:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	36 min
Mar 14, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	32 min
Mar 14, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	31 min
Mar 14, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	36 min
Mar 14, 5:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	20 hr
Mar 14, 5:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Randolph	34 min
Mar 14, 5:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	42 hr
Mar 14, 5:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	25 min
Mar 14, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	35 min
Mar 14, 6:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	28 min
Mar 14, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Pettis	35 min
Mar 14, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	21 min
Mar 14, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	22 min
Mar 14, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper	25 min
Mar 14, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Cooper	33 min
Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	49 min
Mar 13, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison	16 min
Mar 14, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Linn, Miami	27 min
Mar 14, 5:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Linn	32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.