Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 141

April 14, 200131 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 14, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT for 31 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Atchison County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

31 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Ottawa27 min
Apr 14, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln54 min
Apr 14, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie52 min
Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Saline62 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson43 min
Apr 14, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline56 min
Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris29 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee47 min
Apr 14, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee48 min
Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley35 min
Apr 14, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson47 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno56 min
Apr 14, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte51 min
Apr 14, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage51 min
Apr 14, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice44 min
Apr 14, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson60 min
Apr 14, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno66 min
Apr 14, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline41 min
Apr 14, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte50 min
Apr 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee47 min
Apr 14, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris45 min
Apr 14, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey55 min
Apr 14, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJackson40 min
Apr 14, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee36 min
Apr 14, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson16 min
Apr 14, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage46 min
Apr 14, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte58 min
Apr 14, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee42 min
Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Shawnee44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa6 hr
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 32 more6 hr
Apr 14, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Marshall and 6 more5 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.