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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS

May 18, 1997Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1997, 7:59 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
May 18, 1997, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Morris County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1997-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2665 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

189 
WFUS1 KTOP 190059 RRA
TORTOP
KSC127-190130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
759 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
     MORRIS COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
     PARKERVILLE
     DOWNING
     COUNCIL GROVE

* AT AT 757 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTH OF
  JUNCTION CITY OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR
     PARKERVILLE AT 805 PM
     DOWNING AT 810 PM
     COUNCIL GROVE AT 815 PM

 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR


SD/DDN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson64 min
May 18, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
May 18, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon46 min
May 18, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson61 min
May 18, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage61 min
May 18, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris48 min
May 18, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee64 min
May 18, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson60 min
May 18, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage59 min
May 18, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson61 min
May 18, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage48 min
May 18, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin48 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.