Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1999, 5:58 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 4 reports 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
- May 16, 1999, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1999, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dickinson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Elmo, KS | |
| May 16, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Abilene, KS | A tornado touched down 4 miles southeast of Abilene and traveled intermittently for 2 and one half miles before dissipating. The tornado struck a farm doing considerable damage to outbuildings. A second funnel aloft was seen at times accompanying the tornado. |
| May 16, 6:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Herington, KS | |
| May 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Hope, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 32 min |
| May 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 43 min |
| May 16, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 32 min |
| May 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 46 min |
| May 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 31 min |
| May 16, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 31 min |
| May 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 33 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.