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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2024, 3:18 AM CDT for Clay County, Cloud County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2024, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2024, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
636 WUUS53 KTOP 240818 SVRTOP KSC027-029-201-240845- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0310.240824T0818Z-240824T0845Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Topeka KS 318 AM CDT Sat Aug 24 2024 The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Washington County in north central Kansas... Northern Clay County in north central Kansas... East central Cloud County in north central Kansas... * Until 345 AM CDT. * At 318 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vining, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Clay Center, Clyde, Clifton, Morganville, Palmer, and Vining. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3943 9739 3961 9739 3967 9702 3935 9700 TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 269DEG 23KT 3952 9730 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Prieto
1 follow-up statement
077 WWUS53 KTOP 240840 SVSTOP Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 340 AM CDT Sat Aug 24 2024 KSC027-029-201-240850- /O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-240824T0845Z/ Washington-Clay-Cloud- 340 AM CDT Sat Aug 24 2024 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON... NORTHERN CLAY AND EAST CENTRAL CLOUD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM CDT... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty winds to around 50 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 3943 9739 3961 9739 3967 9702 3935 9700 TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 269DEG 23KT 3952 9714 $$ Prieto
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 14 min |
| Aug 24, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 46 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.