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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Topeka, KS

July 13, 1997Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1997, 9:22 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: Jul 13, 1997, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1997, 10:10 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Morris County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 9:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 56	White City, 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
Jul 13, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 140222 RRA
TORTOP
KSC127-140310-

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
     MORRIS COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1010 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     LATIMER
     DELAVAN
     BURDICK

* AT 919 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ABILENE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* REPORTS
     DICKINSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TWO TORxNADO TOUCHDOWNS
     1 MILE WEST AND 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HERINGTON AT 918 PM CDT.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Geary, Riley	45 min
Jul 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	60 min
Jul 13, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Riley	64 min
Jul 13, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary	32 min
Jul 13, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	49 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha	45 min
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	34 min
Jul 13, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	48 min
Jul 13, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	45 min
Jul 13, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	64 min
Jul 13, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	60 min
Jul 13, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	47 min
Jul 14, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	30 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.