Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1997, 7:19 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 11, 1997, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1997, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Lawrence, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
719 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 750 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
MIDLAND
NORTHEAST SIDE OF LAWRENCE
* AT 716 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTH OF LAWRENCE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
JW/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, Jun 11, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
439 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0438 PM MARYSVILLE KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARSHALLLocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
547 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM HOME KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 MARSHALLLocal storm report, Jun 11, 6:45 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
645 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM AXTELL KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 MARSHALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
0610 PM AXTELL KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARSHALL
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 JACKSON DAMAGE TO SWING SET.
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSON
0637 PM KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSONLocal storm report, Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
645 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM AXTELL KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 MARSHALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
0610 PM AXTELL KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARSHALL
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 JACKSON DAMAGE TO SWING SET.
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSON
0637 PM KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSONLocal storm report, Jun 11, 6:54 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
654 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM AXTELL KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 MARSHALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
0610 PM AXTELL KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARSHALL
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 JACKSON DAMAGE TO SWING SET.
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSON
0637 PM OZAWKIE KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSONLocal storm report, Jun 11, 6:55 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
654 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM AXTELL KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 MARSHALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
0610 PM AXTELL KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARSHALL
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 JACKSON DAMAGE TO SWING SET.
0625 PM 2 S MAYETTA KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSON
0637 PM OZAWKIE KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 JACKSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.