Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 12:48 AM CDT for Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 14, 1997, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Linn County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 140547 RRA
SVRMCI
KSC107-140645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
1248 AM CDT MON JUL 14 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
LINN COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
GOODRICH BY 1255 AM
LA CYGNE BY 105 AM
MOUND CITY BY 130 AM
* AT 1245 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKER MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH. WINDS TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT HAIL 1 INCH SIZE OR
LARGER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCBE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MITCHELLWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 210 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 MAIN FCST CONCERN IS CHC OF TRW TNGT AND EARLY MON. CDFNT MVG SLOWLY EAST ACR ERN NEB AND NCNTRL KS WITH OAX/TOP MODIFIED SOUNDINGS YIELDINGS LIFTED INDICES BTWN -8 TO -12 WITH CAPE VALUES FROM 4500-6000 J/KG. H8-H7 CAP STILL KEEPING LID ON CONVECTION BUT AS PER MODIFIED SOUNDINGS...CAP ABOUT TO BREAK IN ERN NEB JUST AHD OF FNT. ALL MDL GRIDDS SHOW CAP TO WEAKEN TNGT AS FNT ENTERS NWRN MO. BLV ETA HAS BEST HANDLE ON INSTABILITY WITH GRIDDS INDICATING CAPE VALUES BTWN 3000-4000 J/KG TNGT AHD OF FNT. BEST CHC OF TRW TNGT IS ACR XTRM NWRN MO WITH BETTER SHR PROFILER AHD OF UPR TROF OVR WRN DAKOTAS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DESPITE WEAK SHR PROFILE...MODERATE INSTABILITY WL LIKELY MAINTAIN SCT TRW THROUGH MUCH OF NGT. RISK OF SVR DIMINISHES AFT MIDNIGHT DUE TO WEAK WIND PROFILES AND WEAKER INSTABILITY. COVERAGE SHOULD ALSO DECREASE WITH LOWEST POPS ACR SRN ZONES. A FEW TRW MAY ALSO LINGER MON MORNING IN SRN ZONES IN PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT. LTL COOLING ASSCD WITH FNT BUT LO LVL DRYING WL MAKE FOR A MORE COMFORTABLE DAY. LGT WNDS...CLR SKIES AND DRY AIR MASS WL ALLOW FOR GOOD RAD COOLING MON NGT. TEMPS A LTL WARMER ON TUES AS UPR RDG BUILDS TOWARD THE AREA. FWC GUID TEMPS LOOK GOOD. .EAX...NONE. DB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-140510- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 1103 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 600 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WATCH AREA HAS DIMINISHED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-140510- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 1103 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 600 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WATCH AREA HAS DIMINISHED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.
Local storm report, Jul 14, 12:35 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1235 AM CDT MON JUL 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1220 AM 4 SW PAOLA KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/14/97 MIAMI 60 MPH GUSTS REPORTED BY
OFFICERS 4 SW OF PAOLA
WELVAERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 48 min |
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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.