Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1997, 10:36 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 13, 1997, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1997, 11:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lawrence, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 858 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 600 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLAY WASHINGTON THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... CLAY CENTER THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 858 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 600 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLAY WASHINGTON THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... CLAY CENTER THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:16 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1016 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 600 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTHEAST... BROWN JACKSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... HIAWATHA MANHATTAN MARYSVILLE FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:17 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1016 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 600 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTHEAST... BROWN JACKSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... HIAWATHA MANHATTAN MARYSVILLE FRANTZ
Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:27 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1027 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1012 PM 5 N MERIDEN KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/13/97 JACKSON
1015 PM 3 SE MERIDEN KS 1 INCH HAIL
07/13/97 JEFFERSONLocal storm report, Jul 13, 10:28 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1027 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1012 P4M 5 N MERIDEN KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/13/97 JACKSON
1015 PM 3 SE MERIDEN KS 1 INCH HAIL
07/13/97 JEFFERSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Riley | 45 min |
| 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, 10:55 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.