Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1997, 11:17 PM CDT for Clay County, Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1997, 12:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 11:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Clay Center, 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, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 120416 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC027-041-120520-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1117 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY - CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 1220 AM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
LONGFORD
MANCHESTER
ABILENE
ENTERPRISE
* AT 1114 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER...OR JUST WEST OF
LONGFORD...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE NEAR
BENNINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FRO
M WINDOWS!
DDN/JWWhat 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, 8:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
826 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM BAILEYVILLE KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 NEMAHA TREES DOWN.
0710 PM THOMPSONVILLE KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 JEFFERSON 60 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED
AT PERRY LAKE DAM.
0730 PM 2 E LAWRENCE KS WIND DAMAGE
06/11/97 DOUGLAS SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON
KANS`AS TURNPIKE AT MILE
MARKER 208.Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
826 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM BAILEYVILLE KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 NEMAHA TREES DOWN.
0710 PM THOMPSONVILLE KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 JEFFERSON 60 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED
AT PERRY LAKE DAM.
0730 PM 2 E LAWRENCE KS WIND DAMAGE
06/11/97 DOUGLAS SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON
KANSAS TURNPIKE AT MILE
MARKER 208.Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS TO TIME AND COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
855 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM BAILEYVILLE /COR TO TIME/ KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 NEMAHA TREES DOWN.
+
0706 PM 4 N MERIDEN KS WIND DAMAGE
06/11/97 JEFFERSON /COR TO COUNTY/ POWER LINES DOWN. SHED
637 PM OZAWKIE KS .75 INCH HAIL
6/11/97 JEFFERSON /COR TO COUNTY/
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 11, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS TO TIME AND COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
855 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM BAILEYVILLE /COR TO TIME/ KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 NEMAHA TREES DOWN.
+
0706 PM 4 N MERIDEN KS WIND DAMAGE
06/11/97 JEFFERSON /COR TO COUNTY/ POWER LINES DOWN. SHED
637 PM OZAWKIE KS .75 INCH HAIL
6/11/97 JEFFERSON /COR TO COUNTY/
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
910 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0427 PM MARYSVILLE KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARSHALL 1/2 MILE NORTH OF
MARYSVILLE.Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
933 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM LILLIS KS 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/97 MARSHALL SEVERAL TREES AND
POWERLINES BLOWN DOWN ROOF
BLOWN OFF BUILDINGThe 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, 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 |
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.