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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Topeka, KS

July 13, 1997Geary County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1997, 8:18 PM CDT for Geary County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 13, 1997, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1997, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Geary County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1997-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5325 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 1997-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
5325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1151 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 140119 RRA
TORTOP
KSC061-140150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
818 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
     NORTHERN GEARY COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     JUNCTION CITY
     FORT RILEY
     SOUTHERN END OF MILFORD LAKE

* AT 815 PM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
  WEST NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* REPORTS
     SHERIFF DEPUTIES REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SOUTH
     OF MILFORD LAKE.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

&
JW/SK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Geary, Riley45 min
Jul 13, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha60 min
Jul 13, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Riley64 min
Jul 13, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris49 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Nemaha45 min
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson34 min
Jul 13, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris48 min
Jul 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee48 min
Jul 13, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson45 min
Jul 13, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas64 min
Jul 13, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage60 min
Jul 13, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin47 min
Jul 14, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin30 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.