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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2007, 11:36 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- May 31, 2007, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 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 010438
SVRTOP
KSC127-010515-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0049.070601T0436Z-070601T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1136 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WILSEY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILSEY...
COUNCIL GROVE LAKE...
COUNCIL GROVE...
DUNLAP...
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 3852 9681 3866 9681 3872 9677 3872 9667
3876 9650 3878 9638 3874 9638 3873 9636
3868 9636 3852 9636 3852 9668
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 010502
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1201 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007
KSC127-010515-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070601T0515Z/
MORRIS-
1201 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY...
AT 1158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF DUNLAP...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COUNCIL GROVE...
COUNCIL GROVE LAKE...
DUNLAP....
LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3853 9670 3863 9665 3871 9668 3872 9665
3876 9650 3878 9638 3874 9638 3873 9636
3868 9636 3852 9636 3852 9668
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 010516
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1215 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007
KSC127-010525-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070601T0515Z/
MORRIS-
1215 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STORMS
OVER EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE
WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3853 9670 3863 9665 3871 9668 3872 9665
3876 9650 3878 9638 3874 9638 3873 9636
3868 9636 3852 9636 3852 9668
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 4 hr |
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.