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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Topeka, KS

May 5, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2002, 7:25 PM CDT. It was in force for 35 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
May 5, 2002, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
35 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 May 5, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
415 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THE MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST...

MOISTURE FEEDS OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL A FRONT
BEGINS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.  UNTIL THEN...THE COMBINATION OF
WARM AIR AND INCREASED MOISTURE WILL PRESENT PROLONGED THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS BENEATH A SOUTHWEST H500 FLOW.

THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HOW MUCH OF A CAPPED ATMOSPHERE IS PRESENT
EACH PERIOD.  THE PRESENCE OF WARM AIR...PLENTY OF MOISTURE...AND AN
UPPER LEVEL TRIGGER WILL SUPPLY THE INGREDIENTS THAT WILL ALLOW ANY
STORM THAT DEVELOPS TO POTENTIALLY BECOME SEVERE.

BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE FRONT SHOULD STABILIZE THE AREA AND REDUCE
THE MOISTURE ENDING THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT.  BY FRIDAY...THE SOUTH
FLOW BEGINS TO RETURN...WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARM
ADVECTION.  ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY WILL ALSO BRING A CHANCE
WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.

ROGERS

.TOP...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 6:46 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002

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

0632 PM    3 WNW COUNCIL GROVE       KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/02   MORRIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa60 min
May 5, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP47 min
May 5, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Nemaha and 3 more3 hr
May 5, 8:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley2 hr
May 5, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBourbon, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley2 hr
May 5, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP53 min
May 5, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP49 min
May 5, 8:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBourbon, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Cowley2 hr
May 5, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP44 min
May 5, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP41 min
May 5, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP52 min
May 5, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP49 min
May 5, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Nemaha and 3 more58 min
May 5, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP49 min
May 5, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP44 min
May 5, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP55 min
May 5, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington27 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP46 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOP51 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.