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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Topeka, KS

June 23, 20254 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2025, 4:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 23, 2025, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2025, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Geary County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 12:00Z on 2025-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 796 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 12:00Z on 2025-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 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
796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic9 min
Jun 23, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary28 min
Jun 23, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRiley46 min
Jun 23, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic43 min
Jun 23, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPGeary24 min
Jun 23, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPGeary, Riley3 hr
Jun 23, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall37 min
Jun 23, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson42 min
Jun 23, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee38 min
Jun 23, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee14 min
Jun 23, 6:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley3 hr

Nearby

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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.