Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 3:50 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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
- Jul 7, 2004, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2004, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 7 N Ada, KS | |
| Jul 7, 4:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Delphos, KS | |
| Jul 7, 4:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Nw Minneapolis, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 30 minutes after it went out.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 072050 SVRTOP KSC143-072145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 350 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELPHOS...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DELPHOS ADA TESCOTT MINNEAPOLIS CULVER BENNINGTON LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3930 9764 3930 9793 3896 9793 3896 9739 $$
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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 235 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081000- ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA- POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN... MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 235 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 THIS AFTERNOON THEN OVER ALL THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON THEN OVER ALL THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS A PART OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS THEN OVER ALL THE AREA TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 244 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 KSZ008-020-021-034>037-080100- CLAY-CLOUD-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-OTTAWA-REPUBLIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA AND JUNCTION CITY 244 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 587 REMAINS IN EFFECT... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... REPUBLIC CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA GEARY DICKINSON MORRIS SOME CITIES STILL IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ABILENE JUNCTION CITY CLAY CENTER CONCORDIA
Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:44 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
344 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL 3 W JAMESTOWN 39.60N 97.92W
07/07/2004 1.00 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
349 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0336 PM HAIL 1 N JAMESTOWN 39.61N 97.86W
07/07/2004 0.88 INCH CLOUD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
20TH AND UNION ROAD
&&
SMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.