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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Topeka, KS

April 14, 2001Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2001, 9:18 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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: Apr 14, 2001, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2001, 9:35 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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
Apr 14, 9:22 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Wellsville, 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, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 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.

620 
WUUS53 KTOP 150219
SVRTOP
KSC059-150235-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY

* UNTIL 935 PM CDT

* AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LE LOUP...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF 
  LAWRENCE

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  WELLSVILLE
  LE LOUP

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 
TORNADOES.

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

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, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 4:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 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, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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

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

0753 PM    LECOMPTON                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   DOUGLAS

0757 PM    WHITE CITY                KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   MORRIS

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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

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

0800 PM    3 W DOVER                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   SHAWNEE

0800 PM    3 N ESKRIDGE              KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WABAUNSEE

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

KSZ008-009-020-021-034-150130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
808 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR REPUBLIC...
WASHINGTON AND CLOUD COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR OTTAWA AND CLAY COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO
CLAY CENTER TO WASHINGTON.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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

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

0802 PM    DOVER                     KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   SHAWNEE

0809 PM    1 N PERRY                 KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   JEFFERSON

0810 PM    LAWRENCE                  KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   DOUGLAS

0810 PM    2 W AUBURN                KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   SHAWNEE

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:10 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

KSZ010>012-022>024-026-035>039-150230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
910 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR MARSHALL...
NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR DICKINSON...GEARY...
MORRIS...RILEY...POTTAWATOMIE...JACKSON...WABAUNSEE...SHAWNEE AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO
TOPEKA TO HIAWATHA.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THAT
PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR LYON...OSAGE...DOUGLAS...
COFFEY...FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 9:11 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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

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

0904 PM    1 W BALDWIN               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   DOUGLAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	47 min
Apr 14, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	45 min
Apr 14, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Shawnee, Wabaunsee	36 min
Apr 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	16 min
Apr 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	46 min
Apr 14, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	42 min
Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Shawnee	44 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.