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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Topeka, KS

August 13, 2026Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2026, 5:12 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 13, 2026, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2026, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:10 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTOPBrown, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic, Washington18 hr
Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa32 min
Aug 13, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa38 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.