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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Topeka, KS

June 26, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 6:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2002, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 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 26, 2:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
219 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING THEN TEMPERATURES ARE THE
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG COLD FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH INTO
SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  MORE STORMS WERE CONTINUING
TO BUILD OUT WEST NEAR MCV.  MCV MOVING SOUTH SO SHOULD NOT AFFECT
THE CWA.  COLD FRONT WAS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS AND WILL BEGIN
AFFECTING THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  LAPS DATA SHOWS INSTABILITY
AXIS JUST AHEAD OF FRONT FROM EASTERN IOWA TO NORTHEAST KANSAS.
CAPES ARE AROUND 3000 J/KG IN FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH CAP
WEAKENING.  EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY
AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN CWA.  NORTHEAST ZONES ARE LIKELY TO SEE
SCATTERED STORMS THIS EVENING...WITH OTHER AREAS WEST AND SOUTH WITH
CHANCE POPS TONIGHT.  FRONT LIMPS THROUGH THE CWA BY MORNING...BUT
WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MORNING SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOWER
DEW POINTS ON THURSDAY.

REST OF THE FORECAST WILL BE DOMINATED BY INCREASING HEIGHTS ALOFT
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH
TONIGHT WILL WASH OUT BEFORE A RETURN TRIP CAN BE MADE...AND ANY
UPPER IMPULSES WILL HARD TO PIN DOWN EARLY NEXT WEEK.  SO WILL
CONTINUE DRY FORECAST WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING INTO THE 90S BY
THE WEEKEND AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  BASICALLY A RETURN TO
SUMMERTIME PATTERN OF LATE.

.TOP...NONE

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:10 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
610 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0555 PM    6 WSW HIAWATHA            KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   BROWN                           QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0602 PM    POWHATTAN                 KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   BROWN                           REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:19 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
619 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0610 PM    7 E HOLTON                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   JACKSON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0610 PM    7 E HOLTON                KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JACKSON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:23 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
623 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0622 PM    DENISON                   KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JACKSON                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:29 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
629 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0621 PM    2 NW VALLEY FALLS         KS    60+ MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JEFFERSON

0625 PM    DENISON                   KS    60+ MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JACKSON                         26 INCH TREE
                                           SNAPPED/VISIBILITY NEAR
                                           ZERO IN HEAVY RAIN AND
                                           SMALL HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
634 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0630 PM    VALLEY FALLS              KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JEFFERSON                       60 MPH WIND ALL AROUND
                                           VALLEY FALLS

0631 PM    3 NE VALLEY FALLS         KS    60-70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JEFFERSON                       STRAIGHT LINE WINDS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:43 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
643 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0640 PM    3 E MERIDEN               KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JEFFERSON                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                           MGT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		38 min
Jun 26, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		49 min
Jun 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		43 min
Jun 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown	3 hr
Jun 26, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		45 min
Jun 26, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		53 min
Jun 26, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		47 min
Jun 26, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		42 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.