Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 7:22 PM CDT. It was in force for 53 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, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 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, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 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 62
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:29 PM CDT, 53 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 HAILLocal storm report, Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 48 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 WINDSLocal storm report, Jun 26, 6:43 PM CDT, 39 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.Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
653 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM 5 N TOPEKA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02 SHAWNEE REPORTED BY SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:03 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
703 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0702 PM SENECA KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/02 NEMAHA QUATER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:17 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
717 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM 2 W PAXICO KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/02 WABAUNSEE 60 MPH WIND
0712 PM 5 SE LECOMPTON KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02 DOUGLAS 3 E LECOMPTON REST STOPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 51 min | |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 60 min | |
| Jun 26, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 37 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 27 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 25 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 30 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 34 min |
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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.