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Tornado Watch 103

March 24, 199742 counties in Kansas; 19 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 24, 1997, 3:30 PM CST for 42 counties in Kansas; 19 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 1997, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1997, 9:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 5:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth30 min
Mar 24, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick58 min
Mar 24, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson46 min
Mar 24, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth45 min
Mar 24, 5:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb48 min
Mar 24, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee47 min
Mar 24, 5:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson48 min
Mar 24, 5:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte48 min
Mar 24, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey56 min
Mar 24, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
Mar 24, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth, Wyandotte63 min
Mar 24, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson47 min
Mar 24, 6:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson62 min
Mar 24, 6:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay62 min
Mar 24, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson52 min
Mar 24, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Ray59 min
Mar 24, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami44 min
Mar 24, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas32 min
Mar 24, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon49 min
Mar 24, 7:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler61 min
Mar 24, 7:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray43 min
Mar 24, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon48 min
Mar 24, 8:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson4 hr
Mar 24, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson32 min
Mar 24, 8:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte4 hr
Mar 24, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey43 min
Mar 24, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson43 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 1997-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 441 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
504 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.