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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Topeka, KS

June 11, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2002, 9:10 PM CDT. It was in force for 70 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: Jun 11, 2002, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2002, 10:20 PM CDT
In force: 70 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 Jun 11, 1:36 PM CDT, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:36 PM CDT, 7 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
136 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

RAIN THREAT AND TEMPERATURES ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

ENVIRONMENT IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE SO POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS STILL EXISTS.  WILL RETAIN THIS ASPECT IN NEW FORECAST
PACKAGE. CONVECTIVE THREAT CONTINUES WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IN THE
AREA ALONG WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY TO ASSIST WITH FORCING THROUGH
WEDSNESDAY NIGHT.  SPC ALSO OUTLOOKS CWA FOR SLIGHT RISK SEVERE
WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WILL GO DRY FROM THURSDAY ON EXCEPT HAVE INCERTED THUNDERSTORMS BACK
IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND AS NORTHWEST FLOW EVENTS COULD
TRANSPIRE.

ON TEMPERATURES...HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF LATEST GUIDANCE WITH
CURRENT FORECAST TOPPED OFF WITH TREND TOWARD CONSISTENCY WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES.

.TOP...NONE

LWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0530 PM    8 ESE CONCORDIA           KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   CLOUD

Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
724 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0722 PM    9 N MORROWVILLE           KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
728 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0659 PM    2 NE OGDEN                KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/02   RILEY                           TRAINED SPOTTER
                                           REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS

Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
756 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0645 PM    4 ESE JUNCTION CITY       KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   GEARY                           PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:34 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
834 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0812 PM    7 E ALTA VISTA            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   WABAUNSEE                       PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:46 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0845 PM    13 S ALMA                 KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/02   WABAUNSEE                       TREE DOWN AND 60 MPH
                                           WINDS REPORTED BY LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	42 min
Jun 11, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	68 min
Jun 11, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	9 min
Jun 12, 6:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	45 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.