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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1997, 7:52 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1997, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris County, KS
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 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KTOP 190051 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC127-190140-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
752 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
MORRIS COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 840 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
COUNCIL GROVE
DOWNING
PARKERVILLE
WHITE CITY
* AT 747 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH
OF JUNCTION CITY...OR JUST WEST OF DOWNINhG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
DOWNING BY 800 PM
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
SD/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 18, 7:07 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
707 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0651 PM DIAMOND SPGS KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 MORRISLocal storm report, May 18, 7:09 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
707 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0651 PM DIAMOND SPGS KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 MORRISLocal storm report, May 18, 7:21 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
721 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0718 PM BERRYTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 SHAWNEE
0718 PM PAULINE KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 SHAWNEELocal storm report, May 18, 7:22 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
721 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0718 PMz BERRYTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 SHAWNEE
0718 PM PAULINE KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 SHAWNEELocal storm report, May 18, 7:28 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
728 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM 4 W COUNCIL GROVE KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 MORRIS
0726 PM PAULINE KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 SHAWNEELocal storm report, May 18, 7:29 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
728 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM 4 W COUNCIL GROVE KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 MORRIS
0726 PM PAULINE KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 SHAWNEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 64 min |
| May 18, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 61 min |
| May 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 61 min |
| May 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 64 min |
| May 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 31 min |
| May 18, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 60 min |
| May 18, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 59 min |
| May 18, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 61 min |
| May 18, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 48 min |
| May 18, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 48 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.