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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Topeka, KS

June 1, 2001Jackson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2001, 5:13 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2001, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jackson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 1, 5:20 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Whiting, 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
Jun 1, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 012213
SVRTOP
KSC085-012245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
513 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NETAWAKA...OR ABOUT 18
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  NETAWAKA
  HOLTON
  WHITING

60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN NEMAHA 
COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM. TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3965 9577 3956 9577 3955 9589 3939 9581
          3939 9560 3947 9556 3965 9556

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
318 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES GRADUALLY ENCOMPASSING CWA.  SEVERE WEATHER
MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING...THEN RETURNING OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ARE NEXT CONCERNS.

WEAK IMPULSE SOUTHWEST AND CONVERGENT AREAS FIRING STORMS OVER THE
SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF STATE WHILE FRONT DROPPING SOUTH
...NOW MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA...WILL PUSH INTO UNSTABLE AIR OVER REST OF CWA.  STRONG
UPPER WAVE DROPPING SOUTH WITH MODELS SHOWING LARGE VERTICAL MOTION
FIELDS OVER NORTHEAST THROUGH 06Z...THEN SLIPS SOUTH AND EAST.  WILL
WORD ZONES WITH SCATTERED OR LIKELY FOR THE EVENING HOURS.  SURFACE
HIGH SLIPS ACROSS CWA BEHIND FRONT ON SATURDAY...ETA...SHOWING SOME
LOW LEVEL RH PERSISTING OVER THE EAST SO WILL GO WITH A FEW MORE
CLOUDS HERE.  SOME QUESTIONS ON TEMPERATURES...THE 70 TO 75 RANGE
LOOK GOOD FOR NOW.

NEXT SERIES OF WAVES PUSHES OUT INTO THE HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY
NIGHT...ETA/AVN SHOWING OVERRUNNING WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF
THESE...SUPPORTING GOING CHANCE FOR NORTH CENTRAL SATURDAY NIGHT.
ADDED LOW POPS TO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL DO TO THE WARM ADVECTION.
STRONG WAVE EJECTS ACROSS CWA...SUNDAY...WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS
BUT MODELS WOULD HAVE THIS ENDING OVER THE WESTERN CWA EARLY.
ANOTHER WAVE COMES OUT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND AGAIN WIL:L GO
WITH LIKELY 0POPS AS BOUNDARIES AND OVERRUNNING ENHANCE PRECIP
CHANCES.  TEMPERATURE WISE...COMPROMISE ON HIGHS WITH HIGHS AROUND
70 AND LOWS 50 TO 55.

.TOP...NONE
FRANTZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-012300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1206 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...
MAY DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AROUND THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS.  THIS ACTIVITY WOULD THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

THE MAIN THREAT IS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED
TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.  THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PAREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING.

PF

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:49 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
449 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
S
0440 PM    2 NW AXTELL               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01   MARSHALL

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:03 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
503 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
G
0445 PM    5 NW SENECA               KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/01   NEMAHA

0445 PM    BAILEYVILLE               KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/01   NEMAHA

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:06 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
506 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001

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

0458 PM    10 S FAIRVIEW             KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01   BROWN

0505 PM    EMPORIA                   KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/01/01   LYON

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
512 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001

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

0507 PM    HORTON                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01   BROWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	37 min
Jun 1, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	36 min
Jun 1, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	46 min
Jun 1, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	41 min
Jun 1, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	38 min
Jun 1, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey	44 min
Jun 1, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 1, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	26 min
Jun 1, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.