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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Topeka, KS

September 22, 2001Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2001, 10:43 PM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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 22, 2001, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2001, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Clyde, KS
Sep 22, 11:05 PM CDT	Hail 1	Concordia, 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
Sep 22, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -495 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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
1043 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLYDE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF
  GLASCO...OR FROM 14 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  GLASCO
  AURORA
  MILTONVALE
  CONCORDIA

GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH 
THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A
BASEMENT.

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

&

LAT...LON 3965 9738 3957 9792 3930 9792 3932 9736

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 Sep 22, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITIES THE MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN...THEN
HOW COOL TO GO WITH TEMPERATURES OVER NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

LINGERING ELEVATED CONVECTION FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION CONTINUES TO
SLOWLY WEAKEN WITH NOT MUCH MORE THAN SHOWERS REMAINING OVER
SOUTHERN PART OF CWA. ALTHOUGH EARLIER HAD FAIRLY PRONOUNCED OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...RECENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATING NOT MUCH OF A BOUNDARY
REMAINS ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE BACKED MORE TO A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION
AS COMPARED TO SOUTHERLY WINDS FARTHER WEST OVER CENTRAL KS. SURFACE
TROUGH STILL WELL TO THE WEST...RUNNING FROM BETWEEN GLD/HLC TO
BETWEEN LBF/LXN AT 19Z WHILE INSTABILITY/MOISTURE AXIS OF 65-70
DEWPOINTS RUNNING UP THROUGH CENTER OF KS. PER SWOMCD DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CERTAINLY LOOKING LIKE A GOOD
BET FROM SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS EARLY TONIGHT AS DIGGING UPPER TROUGH...PER WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY...AND SURFACE FRONT PLOUGHS INTO MOISTURE STREAMING
NORTH ON GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. THUS WILL GO WITH LIKELY TO UNQUALIFIED
WORDING IN ZONES AND KEEP THE MENTION OF POSSIBLY SEVERE...AT LEAST
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

BEYOND TONIGHT...STRONGEST COLD FRONT OF SEASON WILL BRING FIRST
REAL TOUCH OF FALL TO THE AREA THROUGH MID WEEK. OVERALL...FAVOR THE
WARMER FWC GUIDANCE OVER MUCH COLDER FAN AND MAV NUMBERS. CANT BUY
THE FAN/MAV NUMBERS DOWN IN THE 30S MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS
AS MODELS INDICATING WILL STILL HAVE ENOUGH OF A GRADIENT/MIXING TO
KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING ANY LOWER THAN THE LOWER 40S.

FOR SUNDAY...TIME SECTIONS INDICATING WILL STILL HAVE CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN BOUNDARY LAYER WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS
LIKELY IN MORNING...GIVING WAY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. PER FWC...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 LOOK
REASONABLE.

BEYOND SUNDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER AREA...MODELS INDICATING
LOTS OF SUNSHINE LIKELY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A GRADUAL
WARMUP BEYOND MID WEEK. WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST ALL THE WAY THROUGH
SATURDAY FOR NOW ALTHOUGH MRF BEGINNING TO HINT AT SYSTEM POSSIBLY
MOVING THROUGH RIDGE AND CREATING SHOWERS ON FRIDAY.

.TOP...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:04 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1004 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1003 PM    SCANDIA                   KS    .88 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:06 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1006 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1000 PM    7 N MORROWVILLE           KS    .75 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:10 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1010 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1010 PM    KACKLEY                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:15 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1010 PM    NORWAY                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:25 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1025 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1024 PM    JAMESTOWN                 KS    1 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   CLOUD

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:35 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1035 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1033 PM    JAMESTOWN                 KS    1.25 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   CLOUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	59 min
Sep 22, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	47 min
Sep 22, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	49 min
Sep 22, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	52 min
Sep 22, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	44 min
Sep 22, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	44 min
Sep 23, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	49 min
Sep 23, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	49 min
Sep 23, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin, Osage	50 min
Sep 23, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	38 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.