Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 116
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 10, 2001, 11:15 AM CDT for 48 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2001, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties
Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 16 min |
| Apr 10, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 53 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Coffey, Crawford and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Coffey, Crawford and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.