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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2024, 6:42 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2024, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 13, 5:49 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:49 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:48 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Topeka KS 548 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024 KSZ022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-142300- Riley-Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey- 548 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024 ...TORNADO WATCH 37 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Kansas, east central Kansas and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A Tornado Watch has been issued. See weather.gov/top for more details. Thunderstorms are forecast to develop during the late afternoon and evening hours across northeast and north central Kansas and could quickly become severe. The likely window for thunderstorm development is between 5 and 8 pm. The storms will be capable of producing very large hail over two inches in diameter, damaging wind gusts, and even a tornado or two. The storms should move to the north and northeast through the evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There could be some thunderstorms across northeast and east central Kansas Thursday. These storms are not expected to be severe but could still produce a lightning hazard for those outside. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report hail of one inch or larger, wind damage, tornados and flooding. && More detailed information can be found at: www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf KSZ008>012-020-021-034-142300- Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Ottawa- 548 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 36 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Kansas and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued. See weather.gov/top for details. Thunderstorms are forecast to develop during the late afternoon and evening hours across northeast and north central Kansas and could quickly become severe. The likely window for thunderstorm development is between 5 and 8 pm. The storms will be capable of producing very large hail over two inches in diameter, and damaging wind gusts to 70 mph. The storms should move to the north and northeast through the evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There could be some thunderstorms across northeast and east central Kansas Thursday. These storms are not expected to be severe but could still produce a lightning hazard for those outside. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report hail of one inch or larger, wind damage, tornadoes and flooding. && More detailed information can be found at: www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf KSZ059-142300- Anderson- 548 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few thunderstorms are possible this evening. While the greatest threat for severe weather will be north of Anderson County, there is still a very slight chance (less than 20%) that a severe storm could impact Anderson County with large hail and damaging wind. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There could be some thunderstorms across northeast and east central Kansas Thursday. These storms are not expected to be severe but could still produce a lightning hazard for those outside. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report hail of one inch or larger, wind damage, tornadoes and flooding. && More detailed information can be found at: www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 37 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.