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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Topeka, KS

July 28, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2002, 12:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 63 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: Jul 28, 2002, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 63 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 Jul 27, 3:06 PM CDT, 9 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:06 PM CDT, 9 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
306 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

HEAT AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES MAIN CONCERNS.

ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70
THIS AFTERNOON IN ELEVATED INSTABILITY AXIS. STORMS LIKELY TO
INCREASE THIS EVENING AS CAP WEAKENS...SOUNDINGS SUGGEST WINDS TO BE
THE MAIN THREAT...WILL ADD SEVERE WORDING TONIGHT TO THE NORTHERN
ZONES.

ANOTHER WARM NIGHT INSTORE AS TEMPS REMAIN WARM AND DEWPOINTS HOVER
AROUND 70...DITTO FOR SUNDAY AS HIGHS REACH UP INTO THE UPPER 90S
NEAR 100. MORNING CLOUD DEBRIS A CONCERN NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER
BUT SHOULD ERODE BY AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP A HEAT ADVISORY GOING FOR
MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ON SUNDAY.

MODELS AGREE ON EJECTION OF A SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ETA/MESO ETA MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH ITS QPF
BUT MAY BE ON TARGET TO GIVE PARCHED SOIL SOME RELIEF. WILL INCREASE
POPS SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ON
MONDAY AS SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND FRONT SLIDES SOUTH. ANOTHER CHANCE
FOR SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN COMES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS ANOTHER
FRONT SETS UP NEAR THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS BORDER ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE
OF THE WESTERLIES. EXPECT MCS DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS NEAR
THE NEBRASKA BORDER.

.TOP...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
       KANSAS...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 9:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
952 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

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

0950 PM    5 N DELIA                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
07/27/02   JACKSON

Local storm report, Jul 27, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1102 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

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

1055 PM    3 N TESCOTT               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
07/27/02   OTTAWA

Local storm report, Jul 27, 11:40 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1140 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

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

1140 PM    3 N BENNINGTON            KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/27/02   OTTAWA

Local storm report, Jul 27, 11:55 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1155 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

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

1155 PM    TESCOTT                   KS    WIND DAMAGE
07/27/02   OTTAWA                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN

Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:06 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1206 AM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002

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

1145 PM    JAMESTOWN                 KS    WIND DAMAGE
07/27/02   CLOUD                           TREES DOWN, STREET
                                           LIGHTS KNOCKED OFF
                                           POLES BY WIND

Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:10 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1210 AM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002

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

1202 AM    BENNINGTON                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
07/28/02   OTTAWA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		60 min
Jul 27, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		55 min
Jul 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		31 min
Jul 28, 2:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Riley	3 hr
Jul 28, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		52 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.