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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Topeka, KS

May 7, 2002

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2002, 4:56 AM CDT. It was in force for 49 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 7, 2002, 4:56 AM CDT (09:56 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2002, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 49 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 7, 3:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 3:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
348 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

INITIAL CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...THEN PRECIP CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO FOCUS SOME
THUNDERSTORMS AS LOW LEVEL PROFILERS SHOW SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40
KTS RIDING UP OVER IT.  LONE CELL IN WABAUNSEE COUNTY LIKELY STILL
PRODUCING SOME HAIL BUT UNABLE TO GET ANYTHING OTHER THAN SOME SMALL
HAIL REPORTS.  MODELS SHOW SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHWEST KS GRADUALLY
DRIFTING EAST AND BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH LIFTING SLOWLY NORTH.  GIVEN
EXPECTED CLOUDS....HAVE LOWERED GOING MAXS A TAD BUT STILL 5 TO 10
DEGREES WARMER THAN FWC/MAV NUMBERS.  ONCE AGAIN CONSIDERABLE CAPE
OVER CWA BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND SINCE GOING WITH WARMER
TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND MENTION SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT EVENT. HPC QPF NEAR AN INCH FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES
TONIGHT.

SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO FEED IMPULSE ACROSS
BOUNDARY...DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE HELPS
PUSH COLDFRONT ACROSS AREA.  MODELS NOT SHOWING ANYTHING IN THE WAY
OF QPF DURING THE DAY BUT STILL AVAILABLE CAPE AND BOUNDARY WOULD
WARRANT POPS AND STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE.  GOING FORECAST
HAS TEMPS AND POPS IN LINE WITH THIS THINKING.  ETA AND AVN MODELS
SHOWING LINGERING UVV BEHIND FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ETA MOVING A
STRONGER SHORTWAVE IN NORTHERN STREAM THUS WILL THROW IN SOME 30
POPS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

FOR THURSDAY AND BEYOND...VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO GOING FORECAST.
AVN PUSHING ANOTHER BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS
PER GOING FORECAST.  COULD SEE SOME PRECIP CHANCES LINGER INTO
MONDAY BUT WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW.

.TOP...NONE
FRANTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 11:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1120 PM CDT MON MAY 06 2002

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

1105 PM    SILKVILLE                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   FRANKLIN                        REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER

1118 PM    EUDORA                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY EM.

Local storm report, May 6, 11:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1125 PM CDT MON MAY 06 2002

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

1121 PM    OTTAWA                    KS    65 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/02   FRANKLIN                        BIG TREES BENDING OVER.

1122 PM    BALDWIN                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY EM.

1122 PM    5 S PLEASANT GROVE        KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY EM.

Local storm report, May 6, 11:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1142 PM CDT MON MAY 06 2002

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

1117 PM    2 ESE SHARPE              KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/02   COFFEY

Local storm report, May 7, 12:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1221 AM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0544 PM    3 SW ELMO                 KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DICKINSON

0605 PM    HOPE                      KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DICKINSON

0640 PM    5 WSW JUNCTION CITY       KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   GEARY

0641 PM    3 ENE CHAPMAN             KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DICKINSON                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0645 PM    JUNCTION CITY             KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   GEARY                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                           SPOTTER.

0646 PM    JUNCTION CITY             KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   GEARY

0745 PM    4 S ELMO                  KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DICKINSON                       PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL
                                           SIZE HAIL,

0824 PM    3 SW HERINGTON            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DICKINSON                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0854 PM    3 N ALMA                  KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   WABAUNSEE

0948 PM    5 N AMERICUS              KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/02   LYON                            REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                           SPOTTER

0950 PM    (TOP)BILLARD ARPT TOPEKA  KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   SHAWNEE

0957 PM    GRANTVILLE                KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   JEFFERSON

0957 PM    PERRY                     KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   JEFFERSON

1027 PM    2 N DUNLAP                KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   MORRIS

1032 PM    PERRY                     KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   JEFFERSON

1035 PM    ARVONIA                   KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/02   OSAGE

1035 PM    2 N ARVONIA               KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   OSAGE

1105 PM    SILKVILLE                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   FRANKLIN                        REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER

1118 PM    EUDORA                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY EM.

1121 PM    OTTAWA                    KS    65 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/02   FRANKLIN                        BIG TREES BENDING OVER.

1122 PM    BALDWIN                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY EM.

1122 PM    5 S PLEASANT GROVE        KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY EM.

Local storm report, May 7, 1:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
149 AM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0140 AM    7 E ALTA VISTA            KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   WABAUNSEE

Special weather statement, May 7, 4:00 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

KSZ024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-070915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
4 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #244 EXPIRED AT 4 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

  JACKSON               JEFFERSON             GEARY
  SHAWNEE               WABAUNSEE             DICKINSON
  DOUGLAS               MORRIS                OSAGE
  LYON                  FRANKLIN              COFFEY
  ANDERSON
.

SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #244...

  EMPORIA               OTTAWA                ABILENE
  LAWRENCE              JUNCTION CITY         TOPEKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	50 min
May 6, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	46 min
May 6, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	50 min
May 6, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	31 min
May 6, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	62 min
May 6, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	54 min
May 6, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	51 min
May 6, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	51 min
May 6, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	49 min
May 6, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	50 min
May 6, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	59 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	47 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	57 min
May 6, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	14 hr
May 6, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	87 min
May 6, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	25 min
May 7, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	49 min
May 7, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	55 min
May 7, 5:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	41 min
May 7, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	51 min
May 7, 9:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	23 min
May 7, 10:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	40 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.