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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Topeka, KS

July 22, 1996Geary County, Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1996, 2:09 PM CDT for Geary County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1996, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 2:12 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 75Ft Riley, KS
Jul 22, 2:12 PM CDTHail 1.75Ft Riley, KS
Jul 22, 2:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Delavan, KS
Jul 22, 2:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Council Grove, 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 304 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1996-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 599 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1996-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-347 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson35 min
Jul 22, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic69 min
Jul 22, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington62 min
Jul 22, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa58 min
Jul 22, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson47 min
Jul 22, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley41 min
Jul 22, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee62 min
Jul 22, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon59 min
Jul 22, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Osage52 min
Jul 22, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin38 min
Jul 22, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin59 min
Jul 22, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.