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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS

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

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1997, 8:11 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Riley County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 8:15 PM CDTTornado F1Junction City, KS
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDTTornado F0Hope, 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
Jul 13, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1997-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5325 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 1997-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
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 140112 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC041-061-161-140215-

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     EASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY - CENTRAL KANSAS
     GEARY COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
     SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     JUNCTION CITY
     MANHATTAN
     CHAPMAN
     FORT RILEY

* AT 809 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST
  OF ABILENE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANHATTAN MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* REPORTS
     60 MPH WINDS AT MILFORD LAKE AND 3/4 INCH HAIL EAST OF
     WAKEFIELD.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

JW/SK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Geary, Riley45 min
Jul 13, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha60 min
Jul 13, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary32 min
Jul 13, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris49 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Nemaha45 min
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson34 min
Jul 13, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris48 min
Jul 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee48 min
Jul 13, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson45 min
Jul 13, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas64 min
Jul 13, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage60 min
Jul 13, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin47 min
Jul 14, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin30 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.