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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Topeka, KS

June 18, 2024Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2024, 7:11 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 18, 2024, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2024, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 286 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2024-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2281 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2024-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud, Ottawa50 min
Jun 18, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington53 min
Jun 18, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay31 min
Jun 18, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa29 min
Jun 18, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay, Marshall42 min
Jun 18, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson43 min
Jun 18, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay48 min
Jun 18, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPBrown, Nemaha58 min
Jun 18, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMorris49 min
Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay48 min
Jun 18, 10:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMarshall, Nemaha4 hr
Jun 18, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha2 hr
Jun 19, 12:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown4 hr
Jun 19, 1:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall32 hr
Jun 19, 2:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha14 hr
Jun 19, 11:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas113 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMarshall16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.