Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1997, 5:47 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
- May 7, 1997, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1997, 6:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Morrill, KS | |
| May 7, 6:05 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Morrill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KTOP 072247 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC013-072335-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
547 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 635 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
MORRILL
HIAWATHA
RESERVE
FAIRVIEW
* AT 547PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HIAWATHA NEAR SABETHA MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
MORRILL BY ABOUT 555PM
HIAWATHA BETWEEN 610 AND 615PM
RESERVE AROUND 610PM
FAIRVIEW ABOUT 605PM
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
AKULOWWhat 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, May 7, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
425 PM CDT WED MAY 07 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0423 PM MINNEAPOLIS KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/97 OTTAWALocal storm report, May 7, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
437 PM CDT WED MAY 07 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0436 PM JAMESTOWN KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/07/97 CLOUDLocal storm report, May 7, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
438 PM CDT WED MAY 07 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0437 PM MINNEAPOLIS KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/97 OTTAWALocal storm report, May 7, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
438 PM CDT WED MAY 07 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0437 PM4 MINNEAPOLIS KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/97 OTTAWASpecial weather statement, May 7, 5:31 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
KSZ010-072335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 531 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997 ...LARGE HAIL NEAR FRANKFORT... AT 529 PM A SPOTTER IN FRANKFORT REPORTED ONE INCH HAIL OCCURRING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING COUNTIES FOR SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 550 PM CDT. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:32 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ010-072335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 531 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997 ...LARGE HAIL NEAR FRANKFORT... AT 529 PM A SPOTTER IN FRANKFORT REPORTED ONE INCH HAIL OCCURRING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING COUNTIES FOR SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 550 PM CDT. FRANTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 46 min |
| May 7, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 45 min |
| May 7, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 31 min |
| May 7, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 44 min |
| May 7, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 48 min |
| May 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 47 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.