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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Topeka, KS

July 13, 1997Clay County, Geary County, Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1997, 7:40 PM CDT for Clay County, Geary County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1997, 8:25 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clay County, KS, Geary County, KS, Riley County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Junction City, KS
Jul 13, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Junction City, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 140040 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC027-061-161-140125-

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
     NORTHERN GEARY COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 825 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     MILFORD LAKE
     JUNCTION CITY
     FORT RILEY
     MANHATTAN

* AT 739 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY...NEAR WAKEFIELD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.
 
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

JW/SK

What 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:03 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
703 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0655 PM    CLAY CENTER               KS   .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/97   CLAY

0655 PM    CLAY CENTER               KS   1 INCH HAIL
07/13/97   CLAY                           QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY POLICE.

0655 PM    CLAY CENTER               KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/97   CLAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	60 min
Jul 13, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Riley	64 min
Jul 13, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary	32 min
Jul 13, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	49 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha	45 min
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	34 min
Jul 13, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	48 min
Jul 13, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	48 min
Jul 13, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	45 min
Jul 13, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	64 min
Jul 13, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	60 min
Jul 13, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	47 min
Jul 14, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	30 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.