Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 5:27 PM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa 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
- Jul 7, 2004, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 072227 SVRTOP KSC029-143-072315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 528 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHWESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF ADA... OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ADA DELPHOS GLASCO 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 3904 9794 3936 9793 3952 9774 3927 9753 $$
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, 57 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, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 3 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 55 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
&&
SMBLocal storm report, Jul 7, 4:49 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
449 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM HAIL 2 NW MINNEAPOLIS 39.14N 97.73W
07/07/2004 0.88 INCH OTTAWA KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&The 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, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 47 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.