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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS

April 19, 2002Pottawatomie County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 3:29 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60 EWamego, KSStrong winds damaged some homes in Wamego.
Apr 19, 3:32 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EWamego, KSStrong winds damaged some business signs in Wamego.
Apr 19, 3:43 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EPaxico, KS
Apr 19, 3:43 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EAlma, KSStrong winds damaged several buildings in Alma.
Apr 19, 3:45 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EAlma, KSStrong winds blew down beams on a new high school under construction in Alma.
Apr 19, 3:46 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EAlma, KSStrong winds blew down power lines and tore off tree limbs.
Apr 19, 3:46 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EWamego, KSStrong winds damaged many homes and residences in Wamego.
Apr 19, 4:00 AM CDTHail 0.75Alma, KS
Apr 19, 4:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EAlma, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 190815 CCA
SVRTOP
KSC149-197-190915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
314 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 311 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES
  WEST OF WAMEGO...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
MANHATTAN...MOVING   EAST AT 45 MPH.  60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  WAMEGO
  LOUISVILLE
  ALMA
  MCFARLAND
  BELVUE
  PAXICO
  ST. MARYS

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3924 9656 3916 9638 3898 9635 3905 9605
          3928 9603

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha37 min
Apr 18, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown48 min
Apr 18, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris56 min
Apr 19, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay44 min
Apr 19, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa45 min
Apr 19, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley36 min
Apr 19, 1:33 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa42 min
Apr 19, 2:10 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Dickinson40 min
Apr 19, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley56 min
Apr 19, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee62 min
Apr 19, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson31 min
Apr 19, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee117 min
Apr 19, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more170 days
Apr 19, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.