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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

April 14, 2001Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2001, 6:39 PM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2001, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDTHail 1.75Overbrook, KS
Apr 14, 6:47 PM CDTHail 1.75Overbrook, KS
Apr 14, 6:47 PM CDTHail 0.75Baldwin, KS
Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDTHail 0.75Globe, KS
Apr 14, 7:21 PM CDTHail 0.75Baldwin, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2001-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 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.

631 
WFUS53 KTOP 142339
TORTOP
KSC045-059-139-150030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
639 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  EXTREME NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF OVERBROOK...OR ABOUT 17 MILES 
SOUTH OF TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  OVERBROOK
  BALDWIN CITY

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...LEAVE THEM AND GO TO A STURDY
BUILDING. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. AVOID OVERPASSES.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson38 min
Apr 14, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley33 min
Apr 14, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Ottawa27 min
Apr 14, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie52 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson43 min
Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud40 min
Apr 14, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic34 min
Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris29 min
Apr 14, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington23 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee47 min
Apr 14, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee48 min
Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley35 min
Apr 14, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson47 min
Apr 14, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.