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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Topeka, KS

May 18, 1997Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1997, 7:01 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1997, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1997, 8:05 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2665 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 190001 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC041-190105-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
701 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY - CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 805 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     CARLTON
     ELMO
     DILLON
     HOPE
     WOODBINE

* AT 700 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CARLTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
     CARLTON AND ELMO AROUND 710 PM
     DILLON AROUND 715 PM
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

SD/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 18, 2:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
204 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997

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

0745 PM   ~ DOVER                     KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/17/97   SHAWNEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
May 18, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon46 min
May 18, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson61 min
May 18, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage61 min
May 18, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris48 min
May 18, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee64 min
May 18, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris31 min
May 18, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson60 min
May 18, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage59 min
May 18, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson61 min
May 18, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage48 min
May 18, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.