Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1997, 11:58 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Ottawa, KS | |
| Jul 14, 12:15 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ottawa, KS | |
| Jul 14, 12:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Ottawa, 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1044 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1039 PM 1 W PERRY KS 1 INCH HAIL
07/13/97 JEFFERSONLocal storm report, Jul 13, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1044 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1039 PM 1 W PERRY KS 1 INCH HAIL
07/13/97 JEFFERSONLocal storm report, Jul 13, 11:02 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1102 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0911 PM 2 S HOPE KS TORNADO
07/13/97 DICKINSON DEPUTY REPORTED
0918 PM HERINGTON KS TORNADO
07/13/97 DICKINSON WEST OF HERINGTON DEPUTY
REPORTLocal storm report, Jul 13, 11:06 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1106 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1104 PM 8 SE TOPEKA KS .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/97 SHAWNEE REPORTED AT 53RD AND
BERRYTON RDLocal storm report, Jul 13, 11:07 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1106 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1104 PTM 8 SE TOPEKA KS .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/97 SHAWNEE REPORTED AT 53RD AND
BERRYTON RDLocal storm report, Jul 13, 11:36 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1136 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1134 PM 2 NE LYNDON KS .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/97 OSAGEThe 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, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.