Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 8:47 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 16, 2001, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 16, 9:06 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Manhattan, KS | |
| Jun 16, 9:09 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Manhattan, KS | |
| Jun 16, 9:11 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Manhattan, KS | |
| Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Manhattan, 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 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
726 WUUS53 KTOP 170147 SVRTOP KSC161-170215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 847 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEATS TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OGDEN...OR FROM 13 MILES WEST OF MANHATTAN TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF MANHATTAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... MANHATTAN KEATS STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
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 16, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 3 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001 THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND TEMPS ARE THE MAIN FCST CONCERNS... WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF THE CWA IS EDGING SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH DONT EXPECT MUCH MOVEMENT WITH THIS FRONT THROUGH THE NIGHT. WEAK SHORTWAVE AND WAA PROGRESSING EASTWARD INTO THE CWA IS AIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AC WITH CU FURTHER TO THE WEST IN MAX CONVERGENCE IN CENTRAL KANSAS. FIRST CONCERN IS WHETHER CAP OVER THE AREA WILL BE BROKEN OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN CWA THIS EVENING AND IF IT DOES WILL DEVELOPMENT OCCUR BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARDS AREA OF DEVELOPING CU ALONG DRYLINE TO THE SOUTHWEST. AT TIME WOULD EXPECT ADDITIONAL HEATING AND CONTINUED CONVERGENCE TO ALLOW FOR SOME CONVECTION TO GET GOING NEAR THE FRONT AND MOVE EAST THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH SUNSET. WHILE ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP THIS EVENING MAY WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT (MCS) OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES. THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OFFSETTING FACTOR FOR THIS WOULD BE WARMING ALOFT AND INCREASING CAPPING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY. WILL KEEP POPS GOING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE NORTH. WITH CWA GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY...WILL SEE CONTINUED SOUTHWEST FLOW AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH MONDAY LIKELY THE WARMEST. THIS IS MUCH WARMER THAN FAN/MAV GUIDANCE WHICH LOOKS TOO COOL. ALTHOUGH STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT...EXPECT MOST CONVECTION TO BE TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA. WILL GO WITH DRY FCST ON MONDAY AS 700 MB TEMPS RISE INTO THE 12-14 DEGREE RANGE KEEPING CAPPING IN PLACE. WILL ADD POPS AGAIN FOR MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE/FRONT SLIP SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN CWA DURING THE NIGHT. .TOP...NONE 63
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
727 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0726 PM (MHK)MANHATTAN MUNI ARPT KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 RILEYLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
734 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM MANHATTAN ARPT KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 RILEY QUARTER SIZE UP TO
GOLFBALL CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST SIDE OFa
MANHATTANLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
753 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM 1 NE MANHATTAN KS 2.5 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 RILEY
0749 PM 4 NW ST GEORGE KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 POTTAWATOMIELocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:02 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM 2 SW VOLLAND KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 WABAUNSEELocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:24 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
824 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0734 PM 12 ENE JUNCTION CITY KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 GEARY JCT OF HWY 177 AND I-70
0736 PM MANHATTAN KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 RILEY
0742 PM 8 SE MANHATTAN KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 RILEY HAIL BREAKING TREE LIMBS
0744 PM MANHATTAN KS 2 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 RILEY
0747 PM ST GEORGE KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 POTTAWATOMIE
0755 PM 2 N ALTA VISTA KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 WABAUNSEE
0755 PM WAMEGO KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 POTTAWATOMIE
0808 PM 5 NW ST MARYS KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 POTTAWATOMIE
0808 PM 10 SE JUNCTION CITY KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 GEARY
0808 PM 6 S WESTMORELAND KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 POTTAWATOMIELocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
827 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM 3 E DWIGHT KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01 MORRISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 112 min |
| Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 48 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.