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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Topeka, KS

June 15, 1997Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1997, 6:55 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 15, 1997, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Barnes, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1997-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 152356 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC201-160045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     CLIFTON
     PALMER
     KIMEO
     BARNES

* AT 654 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST
  OF CONCORDIA...OR 4 MILES WEST OF CLIFTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

JW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud61 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.