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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Topeka, KS

April 18, 2024Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2024, 12:08 AM CDT for Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 18, 2024, 12:08 AM CDT (05:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2024, 12:32 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The radar

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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
Apr 17, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 11:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 11:19 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:28 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1128 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1124 PM     Hail             1 ESE Paxico            39.06N 96.14W
04/17/2024  E2.75 Inch       Wabaunsee          KS   Emergency Mngr

            Between mile markers 332 to 333 along I-70.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:35 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1135 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1129 PM     Hail             Clyde                   39.59N 97.40W
04/17/2024  M1.25 Inch       Cloud              KS   Trained Spotter

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:56 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:07 AM CDT, 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
Apr 17, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	27 min
Apr 17, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	34 min
Apr 17, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Geary	28 min
Apr 17, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall, Washington	34 min
Apr 17, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie	31 min
Apr 17, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	51 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	27 min
Apr 17, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	21 min
Apr 17, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	33 min
Apr 17, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Shawnee	25 min
Apr 17, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	48 min
Apr 17, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Wabaunsee	26 min
Apr 17, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	48 min
Apr 17, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	28 min
Apr 17, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	41 min
Apr 17, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	30 min
Apr 17, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Marshall, Riley, Washington	51 min
Apr 18, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min
Apr 18, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee	23 min
Apr 18, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jackson	43 min
Apr 18, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	37 min
Apr 18, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	35 min
Apr 18, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	51 min
Apr 18, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	28 min
Apr 18, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Jefferson	32 min
Apr 18, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	33 min
Apr 18, 6:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Douglas	37 min
Apr 18, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.