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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Topeka, KS

June 28, 2003Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2003, 11:42 PM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2003, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

897 
WUUS53 KTOP 290442
SVRTOP
KSC027-290530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1142 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF VINING...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST
  OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  MORGANVILLE
  IDANA
  CLAY CENTER
  GREEN

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

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS.

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

LAT...LON 3957 9735 3929 9736 3924 9695 3952 9696

$$

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 Jun 28, 1:19 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:19 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
119 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

PRECIPITATION/HEAVY RAIN CHANCES IN NORTHWEST FLOW MAIN CONCERN INTO
MONDAY...THEN TEMPERATURES.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOOK GOOD EVERYWHERE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS
UPPER SYSTEMS PARADE SOUTHEAST IN NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW. SOME
AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST
AS SHOWN BY INITIAL PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES.

CWA DRIES IN NORTHWEST HALF ON MONDAY...AND EVERYWHERE BY MONDAY
NIGHT AS UPPER RIDGING DOMINATES. WILL RETAIN DRY FORECAST THEREAFTER
UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY WHEN ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST
ACCORDING TO THE MRF AND COULD BRING A CHANCE FOR CONVECTION MAINLY
IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

AFTER HIGHS IN THE 80S SUNDAY AND MONDAY...TEMPERATURES START TO
WARM ON TUESDAY UNDER RIDGING INFLUENCE AND BY WEDNESDAY ARE BACK IN
THE 90S. THIS HOLDS THROUGH FRIDAY. BUT MORE CLOUDS AND A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AS SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST FORCE
HIGHS BACK INTO THE 80S.

.TOP...NONE

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 10:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-291000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1029 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA OVERNIGHT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH SOME OF THE STORMS INITIALLY OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH INTERSTATE 70.
WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING
THE MORNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS.

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN OVER MAINLY EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP  (ALL LOWER CASE)

PF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1040 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

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

1038 PM    SCANDIA                   KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/03   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:44 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1044 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

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

1041 PM    2 SSW AGENDA              KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/03   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:17 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1117 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

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

1114 PM    GREENLEAF                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/03   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:23 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1123 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

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

1122 PM    GREENLEAF                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/03   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:25 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1125 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

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

1125 PM    1 SW GREENLEAF            KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/28/03   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:36 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1136 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

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

1135 PM    6 W CLYDE                 KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/03   CLOUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	51 min
Jun 28, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	42 min
Jun 28, 10:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Cloud	3 hr
Jun 28, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	54 min
Jun 28, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay	45 min
Jun 28, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	43 min
Jun 28, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	41 min
Jun 28, 11:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Republic, Washington	3 hr
Jun 28, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	63 min
Jun 28, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	47 min
Jun 28, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	44 min
Jun 29, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	39 min
Jun 29, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	49 min
Jun 29, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Morris	35 min
Jun 29, 3:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Morris	3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.