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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Topeka, KS

July 31, 2003Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2003, 1:34 PM CDT for Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 31, 2003, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2003, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 22 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2003-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2003-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-490 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

256 
WUUS53 KTOP 311834
SVRTOP
KSC139-311900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
133 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF OVERBROOK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  OVERBROOK

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

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

LAT...LON 3887 9560 3873 9565 3873 9551 3886 9552

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee49 min
Jul 30, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage31 min
Jul 31, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin47 min
Jul 31, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud41 min
Jul 31, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson47 min
Jul 31, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud46 min
Jul 31, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa41 min
Jul 31, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson18 min
Jul 31, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa46 min
Jul 31, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.