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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Topeka, KS

September 8, 1997Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1997, 9:18 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
Sep 8, 1997, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Republic County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 8, 9:40 PM CDTHail 0.75Narka, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 1997-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2048 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 1997-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
2048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 090217 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC157-090300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
918 PM CDT MON SEP 8 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     REPUBLIC COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     REPUBLIC
     SCANDIA
     BELLEVILLE

* AT 917 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH
  OF BELLEVILLE...OR NEAR DESHLER NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE
  SOUzTH-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WIND GUSTS TO 
OVER 60 MPH. 

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

SW/BB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington48 min
Sep 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Riley, Washington60 min
Sep 8, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay32 min
Sep 8, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris55 min
Sep 8, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris46 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.