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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Topeka, KS

May 23, 1997Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 23, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1997-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 232300 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC029-232345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     JAMESTOWN
     YUMA
     CONCORDIA

* AT 600 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST
  SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST SOUTH OF  JAMESTOWN MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
     JAMESTOWN AROUND 615 PM CDT
     YUMA AROUND 625 PM CDT
     CONCORDIA 640 PM CDT
 
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

PB

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.