Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1997, 7:19 PM CDT for Riley County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
- May 16, 1997, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1997, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Manhattan, 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 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KTOP 170020 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC161-197-170105-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
719 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RILEY COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS
WESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 805 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
ZEANDALE
WABAUNSEE
ALMA
VOLLAND
* AT 716 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF
MANHATTAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
ALMA AROUND 750 PM
WABAUNSEE AROUND 730 PM
VOLLAND AROUND 740 PM
* REPORTS
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MANHATTAN AROUND 715 PM
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS
&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, May 16, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
614 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0558 PM 6 N BENNINGTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 OTTAWALocal storm report, May 16, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
614 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0558 PM 6 N BENNINGTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 OTTAWALocal storm report, May 16, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0616 PM 2 W BLUE RAPIDS KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 MARSHALLLocal storm report, May 16, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0616 PM 2 W BLUE RAPIDS KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 MARSHALLLocal storm report, May 16, 6:34 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
634 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0634 PM 6 S BLUE RAPIDS KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 MARSHALLLocal storm report, May 16, 6:36 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
634 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0634 PM( 6 S BLUE RAPIDS KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 MARSHALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 47 min |
| May 16, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 14 min |
| May 16, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 62 min |
| May 16, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 63 min |
| May 16, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 61 min |
| May 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 34 min |
| May 16, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 39 min |
| May 17, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 47 min |
| May 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 33 min |
| May 17, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 61 min |
| May 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 60 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.