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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Topeka, KS

June 12, 2004Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2004, 7:59 PM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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
Jun 12, 2004, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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
Jun 12, 8:12 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 Sw Jamestown, KS
Jun 12, 8:22 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 S Jamestown, KS
Jun 12, 8:39 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Concordia, KS
Jun 12, 8:43 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 S Concordia, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3291 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
3291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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

254 
WFUS53 KTOP 130059
TORTOP
KSC029-130200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
759 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN
  CONCORDIA

IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3963 9792 3944 9792 3944 9755 3964 9752

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic4 hr
Jun 12, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic64 min
Jun 12, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley48 min
Jun 12, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie43 min
Jun 12, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley45 min
Jun 12, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee39 min
Jun 12, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson45 min
Jun 12, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington60 min
Jun 12, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee63 min
Jun 12, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie59 min
Jun 12, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson53 min
Jun 12, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley63 min
Jun 12, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin, Osage56 min
Jun 12, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee44 min
Jun 12, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee64 min
Jun 12, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie40 min
Jun 12, 11:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson112 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.