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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2025, 6:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 17 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, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
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, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 28 min |
| May 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 10 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.