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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Topeka, KS

August 24, 2024Clay County, Cloud County, Washington County, Kansas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2024-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2024-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPCloud41 min
Aug 24, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPClay43 min
Aug 24, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic42 min
Aug 24, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington14 min
Aug 24, 3:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington46 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.