Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2001, 6:01 PM CST for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 24, 2001, 6:01 PM CST (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2001, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Morris County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:10 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Council Grove, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 250002 SVRTOP KSC127-250030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 601 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 630 PM CST * AT 558 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WILSEY...OR ABOUT 31 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... WILSEY COUNCIL GROVE WHITE CITY PARKERVILLE LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...MOVE INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3853 9683 3853 9639 3881 9639 3886 9683 58
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 Feb 24, 3:15 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:15 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 315 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...MAIN CONCERNS ARE CONVECTION AND SNOW POTENTIAL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THEN TEMPERATURES... LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING LOW SFC OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS WITH WARM SECTOR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH DRY SLOT INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. MODELS SIMILAR IN MOVING SFC LOW NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST NE THIS EVENING AND INTO WI ON SUNDAY. EXPECT AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE BENEATH UPPER LOW AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING BEFORE MUCH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR TO THE SOUTHWEST ADVECTS IN. WILL KEEP LIKELY POP FOR THIS THIS EVENING. AS UPPER LOW MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST...SHOULD SEE A PERIOD OF WRAP AROUND PRECIP SWING EASTWARD ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF THE CWA. AS SFC LOW MOVES BY RAPIDLY...LOW LEVEL CCA AND UPPER LEVEL COOLING WITH THE WAVE WILL QUICKLY CHANGE ANY RAIN OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWA FROM MID EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STILL APPEARS AND INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 WITH LESS THAN A INCH TO THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST TO 20 TO 30 AND GUSTY BEHIND THE LOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL GENERALLY GO WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 20S NORTH TO AROUND 30 SOUTHEAST TONIGHT WITH THE 40S MOST AREAS ON SUNDAY. WILL KEEP FCST DRY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY BUT GO WITH A 40 PERCENT POP MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE CWA AS COLDER AIR DROPS SOUTHWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVES APPROACHING IN BACKING FLOW ALOFT TO THE SOUTHWEST. APPEARS THICKNESSES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR MAINLY SNOW TO THE NORTH OF I 70 WITH A RAIN TO SNOW OR RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH. .TOP...NONE. 63 @ RUKWBC%KDENFXUS63 KTOP 242123 AFDTOP AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 315 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...MAIN CONCERNS ARE CONVECTION AND SNOW POTENTIAL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THEN TEMPERATURES... LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING LOW SFC OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS WITH WARM SECTOR SURGING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 12:12 PM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
KSZ022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-242130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1212 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON...GENERALLY EAST OF AN ABILENE TO HIAWATHA LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH EARLY IN THE EVENING AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR OVERSPREADS THE AREA. SYNOPSIS: A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO EASTERN KANSAS.
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.