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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Topeka, KS

May 18, 2025Dickinson County, Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2025, 6:17 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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: May 18, 2025, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Morris County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 6:01 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.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 23 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 23 hours 53 minutes 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
May 17, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	29 min
May 17, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Coffey	28 min
May 17, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson, Coffey	36 min
May 18, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	35 min
May 18, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	10 min
May 18, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley	17 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.