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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Topeka, KS

July 13, 1997Marshall County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1997, 6:54 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 13, 1997, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1997, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Marshall County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 13, 7:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Bremen, KS
Jul 13, 7:39 PM CDTHail 1Marysville, KS
Jul 13, 7:59 PM CDTHail 1Waterville, KS
Jul 13, 7:59 PM CDTHail 1Blue Rapids, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1997-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1724 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 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
1724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 132354
SVRTOP
KSC117-140055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
654 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     MARSHALL COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 755 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     MARYSVILLE
     BEATTIE
     BLUE RAPIDS
     FRANKFORT
     AXTELL

* AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST
  OF MARYSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 15 MP|H.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

PF/SK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington31 min
Jul 13, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.