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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS

April 18, 2024Jackson County, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2024, 1:38 AM CDT for Jackson County, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2024, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 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
Apr 17, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2024-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2024-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 18, 1:06 AM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 1:06 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 2:54 PM CDT, 10 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Topeka KS
254 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-182000-
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
254 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central, north central
and northeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a chance for thunderstorms to develop late this evening over
northeast Kansas. Better chances for thunderstorms will be with a
cold front that passes through late tonight and through Thursday
morning. Storms with the front may have hail around the size of
golfballs and perhaps some damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thunderstorms may be ongoing across east central Kansas at daybreak
Thursday. These storms will still be capable of large hail and
damaging winds.

North winds will strengthen behind the cold front Thursday morning
and could gust around 40 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should not be needed tonight.

&&

More detailed information can be found at:
www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic27 min
Apr 17, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington34 min
Apr 17, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary28 min
Apr 17, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall, Washington34 min
Apr 17, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie31 min
Apr 17, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie, Riley51 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee27 min
Apr 17, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley21 min
Apr 17, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee33 min
Apr 17, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPShawnee25 min
Apr 17, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington48 min
Apr 17, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee26 min
Apr 17, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
Apr 17, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson28 min
Apr 17, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee41 min
Apr 17, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee30 min
Apr 17, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Marshall, Riley, Washington51 min
Apr 18, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPOsage, Shawnee24 min
Apr 18, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley49 min
Apr 18, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee23 min
Apr 18, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson43 min
Apr 18, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee35 min
Apr 18, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTOPDouglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee51 min
Apr 18, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson28 min
Apr 18, 5:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson32 min
Apr 18, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage33 min
Apr 18, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas37 min
Apr 18, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPFranklin36 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.