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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Topeka, KS

July 8, 1997Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1997, 9:25 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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 8, 1997, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1997, 10:25 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 9:47 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Herington, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1997-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 090225 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC041-090325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
925 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY - CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1025 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     CARLTON
     ELMO
     DILLON
     HOPE
     HERINGTON

* AT 922 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH
  OF ABILENE...NEAR CARLTON MOVING NORTH~EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

WALAWENDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris62 min
Jul 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa34 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.