Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1997, 6:43 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Council Grove, KS | |
| May 7, 7:18 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Council Grove, 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 |
| May 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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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WUUS1 KTOP 072344 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC127-080030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
643 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
MORRIS COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
LATIMER
DELAVAN
WHITE CITY
WILSEY
* AT 640 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ABILENE NEAR WOODBINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
LATIMER AROUND 655 PM
WHITE CITY AND DELAVAN AROUND 705 PM
WILSEY AROUND 715 PM
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWSWhat 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, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 6 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, 2 hours 5 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, 2 hours 4 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, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 11 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, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 48 min |
| May 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 48 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.