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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 2004Marshall County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 7:13 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2004, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marshall County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 7:28 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Oketo, KS	2 TORNADOES REPORTED.
May 29, 8:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Summerfield, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 29, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 18.2

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The text

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

694 
WFUS53 KTOP 300013
TORTOP
KSC117-300115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
712 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  OKETO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OKETO
  BEATTIE
  SUMMERFIELD
  AXTELL

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.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 3999 9679 3990 9678 3984 9625 3999 9625

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Republic	61 min
May 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	60 min
May 29, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	30 min
May 29, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	56 min
May 29, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	47 min
May 30, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	47 min
May 30, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	51 min
May 30, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	43 min
May 30, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	35 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.