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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Topeka, KS

May 28, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2002, 3:09 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2002, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2002, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 36 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 27, 1:50 PM CDT, 13 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:50 PM CDT, 13 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
150 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

...PRECIP CHANCES/LOCATION MAIN CONCERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

OVERALL I PROBABLY SIDED WITH THE NGM...WHICH SEEMED TO BE THE BEST
COMPROMISE OF THE VARYING SOLUTIONS.

EXPECT CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA IN
ASSOCIATION WITH H500 SHORTWAVE TO PROGRESS TO THE EAST.  THE
ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE TO THE EAST ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY CREATED BY
LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION...MAINLY AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.  POPS WILL RANGE FROM 30% NORTH TO 50% SOUTH.

THIS SHOULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE ANTICIPATED UPPER LOW BECOMING
NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL PLAINS BEFORE SLIDING OFF TO
THE SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE LOW LAYER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON...CONVECTION TONIGHT SHOULD PUSH MOST OF THE DEEPER
MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA.  MOISTURE SHOULD AGAIN FILTER
NORTH ON TUESDAY...BUT DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER FEATURE...
EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE IN FOR MORE SHOWERS AND LESS THUNDER.

IN FACT...AFTER TOMORROW...MUCH OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES MAY SEE
LITTLE IF ANY PRECIP UNLESS THE UPPER SYSTEM SLIDES SOUTH ENOUGH TO
ALLOW A NORTHERN STREAM WAVE TO SET OFF SOME ACTIVITY (SIMILAR TO
THE AVN DEPICTION AT 12Z WED).

WILL TAPER PRECIP TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN CONTINUE DRY THURSDAY/FRIDAY.

BY SATURDAY...NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW SHOULD SLIDE ENOUGH SOUTH TO
CREATE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH
THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  BECAUSE THE LOCATION OF THE
FEATURE IS STILL UNCERTAIN...WILL ONLY INCLUDE THE NORTHERN COUNTIES
FOR PRECIP AT THIS TIME.  THIS IS IN LINE WITH HPC INPUT.

ROGERS

.TOP...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 9:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
942 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

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

0935 PM    3 S LAWRENCE              KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/27/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER

Local storm report, May 28, 1:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
121 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

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

0115 AM    8 N MORROWVILLE           KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON                      REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

0116 AM    4 N MORROWVILLE           KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON                      REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF.

Local storm report, May 28, 1:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
134 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

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

0129 AM    9 N MORROWVILLE           KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON                      REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	48 min
May 27, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	14 min
May 28, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	36 min
May 28, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	30 min
May 28, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	30 min
May 28, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	27 min
May 28, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	35 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.