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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS

May 31, 2007Morris County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson58 min
Jun 1, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon48 min
Jun 1, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.