Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2002, 9:45 PM CST for Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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
- Mar 8, 2002, 9:45 PM CST (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2002, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Osage County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:53 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Osage City, KS | |
| Mar 8, 10:00 PM CST | Hail 1 | Lyndon, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 090345 SVRTOP KSC139-090415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 945 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 942 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF OSAGE CITY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... BURLINGAME LYNDON SCRANTON QUENEMO POMONA LAKE OVERBROOK 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 3872 9594 3851 9593 3853 9551 3886 9552
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 41 min |
| Mar 8, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 9:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 21 min |
| Mar 8, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 25 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.