Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jul 9, 2003, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
430 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHEATON...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MANHATTAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  BLAINE
  ONAGA
  HAVENSVILLE
  SOLDIER

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
SAFETY MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A BASEMENT AND
AVOID WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3956 9645 3941 9637 3940 9587 3955 9587

$$

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
325 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

...MAIN CONCERN IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES
INTO NEXT WEEK...

LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING MAIN VORT CENTER OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WITH LOBE EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NORTHERN KS
PUSHING SOUTHEASTWARD. SFC FRONT NOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WILL SLIP SOUTHEAST AND EXIT THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
BY MIDNIGHT. CAP ACROSS THE AREA IS WEAKENING AND EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG BOUNDARY THIS EVENING...EXCEPT IN THE
FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. WILL EXTEND MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE A
LITTLE FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE CWA AS FRONTAL MOVEMENT A LITTLE
SLOWER THAT PREVIOUS FCST. DRIER AIR NO MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL NE WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA WITHIN SUBSIDENCE REGION BEHIND
SHORTWAVE. WILL END PRECIP ACROSS THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT.

DRIER AIR WILL THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA INTO FRIDAY. WEAK
SHORTWAVES IN NORTHWEST FLOW IN DEEPER MOISTURE AXIS SHOULD REMAIN
SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CWA INTO THE WEEKEND BEFORE HEIGHT RISES
TAKEOVER AGAIN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FCST
INTO MID WEEK.

.TOP...NONE.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-101000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1257 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.  THIS
WILL INITIALLY BE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON...SHIFTING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

FOR THE EVENING HOURS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE GENERALLY
SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...EXTENDING
INTO THE EVENING OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.