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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 2001Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 8:59 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2001, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Republic County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4371 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
17.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

421 
WFUS53 KTOP 140159
TORTOP
KSC157-140230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
859 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNDEN...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF
  CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  NARKA
  MUNDEN

A LARGE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NEAR NARKA...TAKE COVER NOW

OTHER SEVERE STORMS JUST NORTH OF BELLEVILLE WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH 
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 4000 9762 3988 9761 3988 9737 4001 9736

58

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic25 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic30 min
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic45 min
Jun 13, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic17 min
Jun 14, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington31 min
Jun 14, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.