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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Topeka, KS

June 22, 2003Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2003, 8:55 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 22, 2003, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2003-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2534 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 2003-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
2534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 230155
TORTOP
KSC157-230300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
854 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  MUNDEN...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 5
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  MUNDEN
  NARKA
  BELLEVILLE

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...AND 
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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

LAT...LON 3999 9782 3989 9782 3981 9764 3987 9737
          4000 9738

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic53 min
Jun 22, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic4 hr
Jun 22, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic64 min
Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic63 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.