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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Topeka, KS

May 5, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2002, 10:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 44 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, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2002, 11:25 PM CDT
In force: 44 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, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 26 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, 9:52 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
952 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002

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

0937 PM    5 E SILVER LAKE           KS    60 TO 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/05/02   SHAWNEE

Local storm report, May 5, 10:07 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1007 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002

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

0945 PM    14 E JUNCTION CITY        KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/02   GEARY

Special weather statement, May 5, 10:10 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1010 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH #230...

  NEMAHA                MARSHALL              CLAY
  RILEY                 POTTAWATOMIE          OTTAWA
  GEARY                 DICKINSON             MORRIS

SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH #230...

  ABILENE               JUNCTION CITY         MANHATTAN
  CLAY CENTER           MARYSVILLE

TORNADO WATCH #230 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  REPUBLIC              WASHINGTON            CLOUD

SOME CITIES STILL IN TORNADO WATCH #230...

  CONCORDIA

Local storm report, May 5, 10:33 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1033 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002

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

0945 PM    9 SE MANHATTAN            KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/05/02   RILEY

Local storm report, May 5, 10:35 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1035 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002

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

1023 PM    4 SW MAPLE HILL           KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/05/02   WABAUNSEE

Local storm report, May 5, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1040 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002

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

1030 PM    2 S MAPLE HILL            KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/05/02   WABAUNSEE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Ottawa	60 min
May 5, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		35 min
May 5, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		47 min
May 5, 8:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Nemaha and 3 more	3 hr
May 5, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley	2 hr
May 5, 8:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Bourbon, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley	2 hr
May 5, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		53 min
May 5, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		49 min
May 5, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Bourbon, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Cowley	2 hr
May 5, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		44 min
May 5, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		41 min
May 5, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		52 min
May 5, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		49 min
May 5, 9:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Nemaha and 3 more	58 min
May 5, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		49 min
May 5, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		55 min
May 5, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Washington	27 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		46 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP		51 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.