Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1997, 8:08 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 11, 1997, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1997, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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.
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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.
000
TTAA00 KTOP 120108 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC087-120155-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
808 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY - NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 855 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
NORTONVILLE
WINCHESTER
* AT 807 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCE...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTONVILLE.
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, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 13 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 JACKSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
KSZ021-022-035>038-054>056-058-059-120135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 730 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 405 IS LONGER IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 405 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES...CLAY...DICKINSON...RILEY...GEARY...MORRIS...WABAUNSEE... LYON...OSAGE...COFFEY..FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON. THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF TONIGHT. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA UNTIL 10 PM. RWC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.