Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 4:43 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 7, 2004, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2004, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 072143 SVRTOP KSC143-072230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 443 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MINNEAPOLIS CULVER BENNINGTON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 3914 9764 3895 9752 3896 9780 3912 9787 $$
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, 4:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 430 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 430 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TO THE WEST OF A WASHINGTON TO CLAY CENTER TO ABILENE LINE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING....GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF A SENECA TO ALMA TO EMPORIA LINE. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF A WASHINGTON TO CLAY CENTER TO ABILENE LINE. SPOTTERS MAY ALSO BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT OVER ALL THE AREA. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE) 38
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
352 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL 3 SW JAMESTOWN 39.57N 97.90W
07/07/2004 0.75 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AWIPSUSRLocal storm report, Jul 7, 3:59 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
359 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0351 PM HAIL 1 NW GLASCO 39.37N 97.85W
07/07/2004 0.88 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0353 PM HAIL 3 ESE JAMESTOWN 39.58N 97.81W
07/07/2004 1.00 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
ALSO REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN MITCHELL COUNTY
&&
SMBLocal storm report, Jul 7, 4:05 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
405 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0403 PM HAIL GLASCO 39.36N 97.84W
07/07/2004 0.75 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SMBLocal storm report, Jul 7, 4:24 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
424 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL 7 N ADA 39.25N 97.89W
07/07/2004 2.50 INCH OTTAWA KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, Jul 7, 4:26 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
426 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL GLASCO 39.36N 97.84W
07/07/2004 1.75 INCH CLOUD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, Jul 7, 4:32 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
432 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0428 PM HAIL DELPHOS 39.27N 97.77W
07/07/2004 1.00 INCH OTTAWA KS PUBLIC
&&
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, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 48 min |
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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.