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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Topeka, KS

June 16, 2001Pottawatomie County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 9:12 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 9:25 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Flush, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:24 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT, 45 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   MORRIS

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:49 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
849 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0829 PM    5 N DELIA                 KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   JACKSON

0843 PM    2 W HOYT                  KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   JACKSON

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:56 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The 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, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Riley	28 min
Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson	28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.