Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1997, 7:59 PM CDT for Brown County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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
- May 16, 1997, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Morrill, KS | |
| May 16, 8:41 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Sabetha, KS | |
| May 16, 9:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Horton, 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, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
973
WUUS1 KTOP 170059 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC013-131-170200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
759 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
WESTERN BROWN COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS
EASTERN NEMAHA COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
BERN
BERWICK
SABETHA
MORRILL
FAIRVIEW
* AT 755 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BERN MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
BERN AROUND 810 PM
BERWICK...SABETHA...AND MORRILL BETWEEN 815 AND 825 PM
* REPORTS
LARGE HAIL JUST NORTH OF THE NEBRASKA BORDER IN SOUTHWEST
RICHARDSON COUNTY
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
DDNWhat 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, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 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 40 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, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 23 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, 7:37 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
737 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM LILLIS KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 MARSHALLLocal storm report, May 16, 7:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
737 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM LILLIS KS .75 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, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 46 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, 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.