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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Topeka, KS

April 14, 2001Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2001, 6:13 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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: Apr 14, 2001, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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
Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT	Hail 1	Perry, KS
Apr 14, 6:38 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Perry, KS
Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Hail 2	Williamstown, KS
Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Perry, 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
Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 142313
SVRTOP
KSC045-087-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
613 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF GRANTVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  PERRY LAKE
  PERRY
  LECOMPTON
  WILLIAMSTOWN
  MCLOUTH

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 3898 9505 3900 9507 3920 9517 3920 9557
          3906 9559 3905 9549 3899 9549 3897 9518
          3916 9517 3900 9507

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 Apr 14, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

SEVERE WEATHER LIMITING DISCUSSION.

STRONG OVERRUNING OF SURFACE BOUNDARY AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE HAS LEAD
TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
70...AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON.  MAINLY HAIL BEING
REPORTED.

UPPER WAVE EJECTING ACROSS CWA DURING THE EVENING WITH MODELS
SHOWING LIFT GENERALLY EAST OF CWA BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.  WILL KEEP
THE SCATTERED STORMS GOING UNTIL THAT TIME...GUIDANCE LOWS IN THE
MIDDLE 40S TO LOWER 50S LOOK OK.

SUNDAY...BREAK IN ACTION WITH COOLER AIR SETTLLING ACROSS CWA.  H850
MB WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS IN THE AM...WILL GO BREEZY WITH HIGHS 65 TO
70 MOST AREAS.

INCREASING CLOUDS SUNDAY NIGHT.  GOING MORE WITH AVN MODEL.
NORTHERN STREAM BECOMES ACTIVE AND SWEEPS ACROSS CWA MONDAY.  WILL
GO WITH SOME 30 TO 40 POPS FOR NOW AND GIVEN H850 MB TEMPS...MENTION
SOME FLURRIES POSSIBLE IN THE AM OVER THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES.
WILL HAVE PRECIP OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL AND FAR NORTHERNN COUNTIES
MAINLY IN THE AM.  FAVORING MORE OF A COMPROMISE ON HIGHS AND LOWS WITH
MAV/FAN.

.TOP.K..NONE

PF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
513 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0507 PM    PARKERVILLE               KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   MORRIS

Local storm report, Apr 14, 5:16 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
516 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0513 PM    DWIGHT                    KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   MORRIS

0514 PM    2 NW HADDAM               KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
530 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0526 PM    ALTA VISTA                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WABAUNSEE

Local storm report, Apr 14, 5:52 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
552 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0525 PM    4 S ST MARYS              KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   POTTAWATOMIE

0540 PM    ROSSVILLE                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   SHAWNEE

0550 PM    3 N TOPEKA                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   SHAWNEE
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Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:02 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
602 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0554 PM    3 W ESKRIDGE              KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WABAUNSEE

0556 PM    10 N ESKRIDGE             KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WABAUNSEE

0600 PM    3 SW TOPEKA               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   SHAWNEE

N0602 PM    2 W HARVEYVILLE           KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WABAUNSEE

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:08 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
608 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0607 PM    HARVEYVILLE               KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WABAUNSEE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson	38 min
Apr 14, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	33 min
Apr 14, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Ottawa	27 min
Apr 14, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	52 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	43 min
Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	40 min
Apr 14, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	34 min
Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	29 min
Apr 14, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	23 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 14, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	48 min
Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	48 min
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Riley	35 min
Apr 14, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage	51 min
Apr 14, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	46 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.