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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS

May 16, 2002Dickinson County, Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2002, 1:33 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 16, 2002, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Morris County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2002-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2002-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-305 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 161833
TORTOP
KSC041-127-161900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
132 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 129 PM CDT...SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH 
A COUPLE TOUCHING DOWN.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 4  
MILES EAST OF COUNCIL GROVE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLTON...OR   
FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
ABILENE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  HOPE
  HERINGTON
  CARLTON
  WILSEY
  DUNLAP
  BURDICK

IF THESE TORNADOES APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL 
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

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

LAT...LON 3878 9737 3859 9736 3859 9692 3853 9692
          3851 9636 3869 9640

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Morris31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.