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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Topeka, KS

May 6, 2024Anderson County, Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 9:51 PM CDT for Anderson County, Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 6, 2024, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2024, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 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 02:53 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
May 6, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 6, 2:11 PM CDT, 7 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:11 PM CDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 3:51 PM CDT, 6 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 6:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 6:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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 6, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Clay, Geary, Marshall, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley and 2 more	26 min
May 6, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Dickinson	26 min
May 6, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	23 min
May 6, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, Washington	33 min
May 6, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	28 min
May 6, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa, Republic	34 min
May 6, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	30 min
May 6, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	27 min
May 6, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	36 min
May 6, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	23 min
May 6, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa, Washington	23 min
May 6, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TOP	Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	25 min
May 6, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	47 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay, Ottawa, Washington	30 min
May 6, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	35 min
May 6, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Clay, Washington	38 min
May 6, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	45 min
May 6, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	27 min
May 6, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	36 min
May 6, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	30 min
May 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson, Marshall, Riley	25 min
May 6, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	37 min
May 6, 10:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Nemaha	3 hr
May 6, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	17 min
May 6, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	39 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley	33 min
May 6, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	33 min
May 6, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Jackson	32 min
May 6, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Osage	21 min
May 7, 6:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	19 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.