Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1997, 8:36 PM CDT for Lyon County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 18, 1997, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1997, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Quenemo, 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 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 190136 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC111-139-190235-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
836 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 935 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
MILLER
BURLINGAME
CARBONDALE
* AT 833 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
NORTH OF EMPORIA OR NEAR ADMIRE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
MILLER AT 845 PM
BURLINGAME AROUND 900 PM
CARBONDALE AROUND 910 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, 7:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 7 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, 8:09 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
809 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0756 PM 5 E GRANTVILLE KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 JEFFERSON
0758 PM 9 S ALMA KS 55 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/97 WABAUNSEE
0759 PM PERRY KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 JEFFERSON
0805 PM PERRY KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 JEFFERSONLocal storm report, May 18, 8:11 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
809 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0756 PM 5 E GRANTVILLE KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 JEFFERSON
0758 PM 9 S ALMA KS 55 MPH TSTM GUST
05/18/97 WABAUNSEE
0759 PM PERRY KS 1 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 JEFFERSON
0805 PM PERRY KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 JEFFERSONThe 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, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 48 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, 8:39 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.