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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Topeka, KS

July 31, 2026Marshall County, Republic County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2026, 12:25 AM CDT for Marshall County, Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 31, 2026, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2026, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Marshall County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2026-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1164 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 2026-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic35 min
Jul 31, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington26 min
Jul 31, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Washington37 min
Jul 31, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie40 min
Jul 31, 1:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPMarshall, Washington2 hr
Jul 31, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown30 min
Jul 31, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee44 min
Jul 31, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris45 min
Jul 31, 4:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Jefferson2 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.