Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 7:21 AM CST for Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 7:21 AM CST (13:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:37 AM CST | HAIL 1.5 | 6 E Alta Vista, KS | COVERS GROUND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 5:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 622 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 826 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 121323 SVRTOP KSC127-197-121400- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0013.060312T1321Z-060312T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 721 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 800 AM CST * AT 720 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF VOLLAND...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALTA VISTA... VOLLAND... ALMA... LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS NOW...AND AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3882 9650 3874 9637 3895 9604 3906 9633 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KTOP 121341 RRA
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
741 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
KSC127-121351-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T1400Z/
MORRIS-
741 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRIS COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3893 9636 3888 9622 3901 9594 3911 9601
3916 9616
$$
KSC197-121400-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T1400Z/
WABAUNSEE-
741 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST
FOR NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY...
AT 739 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF MCFARLAND...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAPLE HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 331 AND 344.
PING PONG SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 737 AM AS THIS STORM MOVED NEAR
ALTA VISTA.
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
NOW...AND AVOID WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3893 9636 3888 9622 3901 9594 3911 9601
3916 9616
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 6:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 6:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 22 min |
| Mar 12, 7:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 7:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 7:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 7:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 8:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 8:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 8:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 8:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 67 min |
| Mar 12, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 8:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 9:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 9:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 13 min |
| Mar 12, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 12:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 1:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 17 min |
| Mar 12, 3:28 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 23 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.