Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Topeka, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
400 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2000

SEVERE ACTIVITY FIRST CONCERN...THEN CHANCES FOR PRECIP LATER
TONIGHT AGAIN...AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

SURFACE BOUNDARY AND EVIDENTLY SOME HELP FROM EARLIER MORNING
CONVECTIVE INDUCED VORT OVER WESTERN KS...ALL COMING TOGETHER TO
FORCE SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL CWA.  AFTER THE
EVENING HOURS...MODELS SHOWING SOME VERTICAL MOTION AGAIN OVER
EASTERN PORTIONS OF CWA AS SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES DIVES
INTO MID LEVEL TROUGH POSITION.  WILL LINGER SOME POPS INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS TUESDAY.  THINK MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BE QUITE
...ONLY TEMPERATURES CONCERNED.  EXPECT SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES TO  PUSH NORTH BUT THAT ALL WILL DEPEND ON
STRENGTH OF OVERNIGHT CONVECTION.  WILL GO WITH HIGHS AROUND 100 IN
THE CENTRAL AND 95 TO 100 OVER THE EAST.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AVN SHOWS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DIVING
SOUTH IN NORTHWEST FLOW...BETTER LIFT FURTHER NORTH...BUT FOR NOW
WILL KEEP 20 TO 30 POPS OVER CWA TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
TEMPERATURE AGAIN REBOUNDING BY THE AFTERNOON INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE}
RANGE.

.TOP...NONE
FRANTZ

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1202 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2000

...STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHCENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS
OF KANSAS...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL SCATTER
SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THESE
COULD BE SEVERE...WITH HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.  FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING
...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WOULD BE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS WHERE THE AIR WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE...BUT DEPENDING
ON HOW FAST CLOUDS THIN...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS COULD SEE
SOME ACTIVITY AS WELL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1254 PM CDT MON AUG 07 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1235 PM    3 S POMONA                KS    1 INCH HAIL
08/07/00   FRANKLIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
136 PM CDT MON AUG 07 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0130 PM    1 NW EMPORIA              KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
08/07/00   LYON

0130 PM    1 NW EMPORIA              KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/07/00   LYON

0130 PM    EMPORIA                   KS    62 MPH TSTM GUST
08/07/00   LYON           q                 EMPORIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
                                           COURTESY OF WIBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
145 PM CDT MON AUG 07 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    EMPORIA                   KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/07/00   LYON                            LYON COUNTY SHERIFF
                                           REPORTED POWER POLES
                                           DOWN NEAR 6TH SiTREET
                                           AND HIGHWAY 50 IN EMPORIA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
318 PM CDT MON AUG 07 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0315 PM    EMMETT                    KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
08/07/00   POTTAWATOMIE                    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
348 PM CDT MON AUG 07 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
v
0343 PM    10 N DELIA                KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
08/07/00   JACKSON