Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2002, 6:59 AM CDT. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 16, 2002, 6:59 AM CDT (11:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2002, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 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 Aug 16, 4:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 4:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 410 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 AVN APPEARS THE MODEL OF THE MORNING. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS/TSTMS PSBL THROUGH AROUND SR BUT WILL HANDLE WITH NOW CASTS FOR SVRL HOURS AND UPDATE AS NECESSARY. ALL MODELS DISSIPATE OR MOVE FNT FURTHER NORTH THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS SHOULD PUT ALL CWA IN WARM AND STEAMY CONDITIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON. STG CDFNT APPCHS TNGT WITH LTL UPPER SUPPORT BUT GOOD LOW LVL CONVERGENCE FOR CHC TSTMS. APPEARS FNT WILL SWEEP THROUGH AREA ON SATURDAY GIVING CLEARING SKIES BY LATE IN THE DAY AND SETUP FOR NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING. AVM HINTS AT MCS ACROSS AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN COUNTIES...SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY FOR TSTMS. NO CHGS IN THE OUTPDS WITH ANOTHER CHC FOR TSTMS BY THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES APPEAR REASONABLE IN THE OUTPDS TOO. .TOP...NONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 34 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.