Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1997, 9:36 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Oskaloosa, 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 170237 RRA
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KSC087-170315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
936 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
OSKALOOSA
MC LOUTH
NORTONVILLE
WINCHESTER
* AT 932 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES NORTH
OF LAWRENCE...OR JUST NORTH OF NORTONVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
NORTONVILLE AROUND 940 PM
WINCHESTER AROUND 950 PM
OSKALOOSA AND MC LOUTH AROUND 1015 PM
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE 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
Special weather statement, May 16, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 814 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 288 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTHEAST... MARSHALL ...CENTRAL... DICKINSON THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ABILENE MARYSVILLE
Special weather statement, May 16, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 814 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 288 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TnHE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTHEAST... MARSHALL ...CENTRAL... DICKINSON THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ABILENE MARYSVILLE
Local storm report, May 16, 9:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
906 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 PM MORRILL KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/16/97 BROWN 60-70 MPH WINDS
0841 PM 2 W SABETHA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/16/97 NEMAHA 60-70 MPH WINDSLocal storm report, May 16, 9:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
906 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 PM MORRILL KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/16/97 BROWN 60-70 MPH WINDS
0841 PM 2 W SABETHA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/16/97 NEMAHA 60-70 MPH WINDSLocal storm report, May 16, 9:11 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
911 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0752 PM WAMEGO KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 POTTAWATOMIELocal storm report, May 16, 9:12 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
911 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0752 PM WAMEGO KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/97 POTTAWATOMIEThe 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, 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 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.