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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Topeka, KS

June 26, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 9:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 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, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2002, 9:40 PM CDT
In force: 27 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, 6 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:19 PM CDT, 6 hours 54 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, 7:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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

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

0745 PM    LAWRENCE                  KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   DOUGLAS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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

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

0745 PM    PARKERVILLE               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   MORRIS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:26 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
826 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0749 PM    WILLIAMSBURG              KS    65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   FRANKLIN                        REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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

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

0757 PM    7 E ALTA VISTA            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   WABAUNSEE

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0805 PM    1 E WILLIAMSBURG          KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   FRANKLIN

Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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

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

0907 PM    9 SW EMPORIA              KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   LYON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	51 min
Jun 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	53 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, 9:20 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.