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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Topeka, KS

May 24, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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 May 24, 1:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
138 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHERN ZONES MAIN CONCERN...

THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO REFIRE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONE CELL
ALREADY NOTED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH OF WICHITA AS OF THIS
WRITING.  WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY IN
THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES...WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE CWA.

SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF OUR CWA TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH SOUTHERN FRINGE COUNTIES NEAREST THE FRONTAL ZONE MAY HAVE
A CLOSE CALL.

ALL ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CWA BY LATE TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE
FAR EAST AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES WHERE HAVE CONTINUED WITH A CHANCE
POP FOR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

DRY WEATHER THEREAFTER UNTIL ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION STARTS
MEMORIAL DAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH DAYTIME THURSDAY.

FOR TEMPERATURES HAVE FOLLOWED A BLEND OF THE LATEST GUIDANCE
CONSENSUS WITH GOING FORECAST.

.TOP...FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY.
       KSZ037-054>056-058-059

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 5:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
552 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0542 PM    4 S WILSEY                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/02   MORRIS                          PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, May 24, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
656 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0652 PM    NEOSHO RAPIDS             KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/02   LYON                            SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, May 24, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
657 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0653 PM    3 W HARTFORD              KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/24/02   LYON                            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, May 24, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
710 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0710 PM    OSAGE CITY                KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/02   OSAGE                           PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

Special weather statement, May 24, 7:29 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-250400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
729 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#327...

  REPUBLIC              WASHINGTON            MARSHALL
  CLOUD                 CLAY                  OTTAWA

SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #327...

  CLAY CENTER           CONCORDIA             MARYSVILLE

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #327 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  NEMAHA                BROWN                 JACKSON
  RILEY                 POTTAWATOMIE          JEFFERSON
  GEARY                 SHAWNEE               WABAUNSEE
  DICKINSON             DOUGLAS               MORRIS
  OSAGE                 LYON                  FRANKLIN
  COFFEY                ANDERSON

SOME CITIES STILL IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #327...

  EMPORIA               OTTAWA                ABILENE
  LAWRENCE              JUNCTION CITY         TOPEKA
  MANHATTAN             HIAWATHA

Local storm report, May 24, 8:11 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0623 PM    AMERICUS                  KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/02   LYON                            PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL
                                           SIZE HAIL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		47 min
May 24, 9:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	4 hr

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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.