Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1996, 1:17 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1996, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1996, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester, KS | |
| Jul 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Abilene, KS | |
| Jul 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Abilene, KS | |
| Jul 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Talmage, KS | |
| Jul 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Talmage, KS | |
| Jul 22, 1:48 PM CDT | Hail 4 | Abilene, KS | |
| Jul 22, 1:48 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Abilene, KS | |
| Jul 22, 2:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Enterprise, KS | |
| Jul 22, 2:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Enterprise, KS | |
| Jul 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Herington Arpt, KS | |
| Jul 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Herington, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 69 min |
| Jul 22, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.