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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Topeka, KS

August 25, 2004Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2004, 7:41 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 25, 2004, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2004-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2879 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 2004-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
2879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
20.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 260041
TORTOP
KSC059-260130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
741 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OTTAWA

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 3855 9506 3861 9542 3872 9539 3872 9507

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Osage29 min
Aug 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin45 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.