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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2025, 3:24 AM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 23, 2025, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 23, 3:19 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:19 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 8:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Topeka KS 830 PM CDT Sat Mar 22 2025 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-240130- Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 830 PM CDT Sat Mar 22 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Kansas, east central Kansas, north central Kansas and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a chance for thunderstorms late tonight into early Sunday morning with best chances along and southeast of interstate 35. A few storms could be strong and produce marginally severe hail and isolated damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Very high fire danger is expected again Sunday with low relative humidity and gusty winds. More detailed information can be found at: www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 12:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
1255 AM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
KSZ056-058-059-230630-
Coffey-Franklin-Anderson-
1255 AM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...
NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEY COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM
CDT...
At 1255 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Westphalia, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow
around objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and
vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Harris.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3816 9564 3824 9571 3848 9539 3832 9525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 236DEG 33KT 3824 9560
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CPSpecial weather statement, Mar 23, 2:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
219 AM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
KSZ036>038-230745-
Wabaunsee-Geary-Morris-
219 AM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN GEARY...
NORTHEASTERN MORRIS AND SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM
CDT...
At 218 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Alta Vista, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow
around objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Keene, Alta Vista, Eskridge, and Dwight.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 9657 3889 9660 3901 9603 3874 9597
3874 9635 3872 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0718Z 260DEG 35KT 3882 9647
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CPSpecial weather statement, Mar 23, 2:59 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
259 AM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
KSZ038-040-055-056-230830-
Wabaunsee-Douglas-Franklin-Osage-
259 AM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...
SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE...SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN OSAGE
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM CDT...
At 258 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Scranton, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow
around objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Scranton, Harveyville, Burlingame, Carbondale, Overbrook, and Globe.
This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 155 and 161.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9536 3864 9595 3874 9595 3874 9601
3882 9603 3887 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 260DEG 35KT 3873 9575
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 3:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 23 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.