Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2001, 6:48 PM CDT for Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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
- Sep 7, 2001, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Burlington, KS | |
| Sep 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Garnett, KS | |
| Sep 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Garnett, 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
648 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRIDLEY...OR ABOUT 26
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
COLONY
WESTPHALIA
KINCAID
HARRIS
GARNETT
GREELEY
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 3821 9592 3805 9594 3804 9509 3838 9509
3839 9594What 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 Sep 7, 4:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 4:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
420 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001
SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL THE IMMEDIATE FORECAST
CONCERNS.
ATMOSPHERE IS PRIMED WITH LAPS SHOWING CAPES IN THE 2500-3500 RANGE
OVER EASTERN KS. WATER VAPOR SHOWS UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AND SHIFTING EAST. FRONT IS OVER CENTRAL KS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO FIRE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS OUT
FOR MUCH OF CWA. HAVE ALSO ISSUED FLOOD WATCH FOR EASTERN HALF OF
CWA GENERALLY EAST OF A SENECA TO WESTMORELAND TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE
AS AREA WILL BE IN NORTHEAST QUAD OF UPPER LOW WITH PRECIPITABLE
WATERS IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE PER MODELS. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED
TO SEE SOME AREA GETTING UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. MODELS ACTUALLY
MOVE PRECIPITATION ON OUT FAIRLY FAST AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH RAIN
LIKELY TO BE OVER BY SUNRISE. HOWEVER...NEXT SYSTEM DROPS RAPIDLY
INTO WESTERN KS ON SATURDAY AND MODELS INDICATING PRECIPITATION
TO SPREAD EAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS IN THE AFTERNOON WHERE HAVE
GONE WITH 30-40 PERCENT POPS...WILL LEAVE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
KS DRY UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT.
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WILL GO WITH 50 PERCENT POPS ACROSS
CWA AS NEXT UPPER TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS.
TEMPWISE...GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S LOOK
REASONABLE FOR TONIGHT. FOR SATURDAY...HAVE RAISED TEMPERATURES SOME
OVER PREVIOUS FORECAST AS BOTH ETA/FWC MOS INDICATING HIGHS FROM THE
LOWER 80S EAST CENTRAL TO MIDDLE 70S NORTH CENTRAL.
H9HOWEVER...BELIEVE WILL STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW CLOUDS...AND WITH
FRONT HAVING PASSED THROUGH THE AREA PER ETA/AVN...DECIDED TO GO
WITH AROUND 70 NORTH CENTRAL AND INTO THE MIDDLE/UPPER 70S EAST
CENTRAL. WITH ALL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION SUNDAY...THE
COOLER FAN/MAV NUMBERS LOOKED BETTER.
.TOP...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF A SENECA TO WESTMORELAND TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE.
38In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:01 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
601 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0601 PM ADA KS 1 INCH HAIL
09/07/01 OTTAWALocal storm report, Sep 7, 6:03 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
603 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0603 PM 4 S BELLEVILLE KS 1 INCH HAIL
09/07/01 REPUBLICLocal storm report, Sep 7, 6:23 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
623 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0622 PM 3 SE BELLEVILLE KS .88 INCH HAIL
09/07/01 REPUBLICLocal storm report, Sep 7, 6:25 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
625 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0625 PM OLSBURG KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 POTTAWATOMIELocal storm report, Sep 7, 6:32 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
632 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0628 PM OLSBURG KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01 POTTAWATOMIELocal storm report, Sep 7, 6:39 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
639 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0624 PM AGENDA KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01 REPUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 67 min |
| Sep 7, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 14 min |
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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.