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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Topeka, KS

June 24, 1997Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1997, 10:35 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 24, 1997, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1997, 11:35 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 24, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2814 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
2814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 250334 RRA
SVRTOP
KSC143-250435-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1035 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     OTTAWA COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1135 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     ADA
     DELPHOS
     SUMMERVILLE
     MINNEAPOLIS

* AT 1030 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...OR 5 MILES WEST OF ADA MOVING EAST 25 MPH.

* REPORTS
     SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH ACROSS
     RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES BETWEEN 920 PM AND 1020 PM
 
DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

SD/BvW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall60 min
Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall47 min
Jun 24, 10:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall4 hr
Jun 24, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud50 min
Jun 24, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington51 min
Jun 24, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington3 hr

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.