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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Topeka, KS

May 17, 1997Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1997, 6:07 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 17, 1997, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1997, 6:40 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 6:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Carlton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 17, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1997-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1997-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-414 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

470 
WUUS1 KTOP 172308 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC041-172340-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
607 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     SOUTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY - CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 640 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     HOPE
     SHADY BROOK
     HERINGTON

* AT 604 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF ABILENE...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF NAVARRE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
     SHADY BROOK AROUND 615 PM
     HERINGTON AROUND 625 PM

* REPORTS
     60 MPH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF NAVARRE AT 552 PM
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

&
DDN

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 17, 5:38 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0536 PM    2 SW CARLTON              KS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/97   DICKINSON
Local storm report, May 17, 5:40 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0536 PM    2 SW CARLTON              KS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/97   DICKINSON
Local storm report, May 17, 5:41 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0541 PM    1 SW ELMO                 KS   1 INCH HAIL
05/17/97   DICKINSON
Local storm report, May 17, 5:44 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0541 PM    1 SW ELMO                 KS   1 INCH HAIL
05/17/97   DICKINSON
Local storm report, May 17, 6:03 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0552 PM    5 S NAVARRE               KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/17/97   DICKINSON

0552 PM    5 S NAVARRE               KS   .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/97   DICKINSON
Local storm report, May 17, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0552 PM`    5 S NAVARRE               KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/17/97   DICKINSON

0552 PM    5 S NAVARRE               KS   .88 INCH HAIL
05/17/97   DICKINSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie47 min
May 16, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley, Wabaunsee46 min
May 16, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall14 min
May 16, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie62 min
May 16, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee63 min
May 16, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha61 min
May 16, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson34 min
May 16, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson39 min
May 17, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson48 min
May 17, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson47 min
May 17, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris61 min
May 17, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley, Wabaunsee60 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.