Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2001, 9:01 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2001, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Republic County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Scandia, KS | Strong thunderstorm winds damaged power lines near Scandia. |
| May 8, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Rydal, KS | A tornado touched down briefly near the town of Rydal before dissipating. Although news clippings suggested there may have been 2 separate funnels only one was actually confirmed. |
| May 8, 9:06 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Rydal, KS | Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a few power lines near Rydal. |
| May 8, 9:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Belleville, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
719 WFUS53 KTOP 090202 TORTOP KSC157-090230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 901 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF BELLEVILLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... SCANDIA BELLEVILLE NORWAY AGENDA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3996 9764 3988 9786 3966 9783 3968 9742
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.