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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS

March 12, 2006Coffey County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 12:27 PM CST for Coffey County, Franklin County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 12:27 PM CST (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 1:15 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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
Mar 12, 1:10 PM CSTHAIL 18 Nw Ottawa, 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
Mar 12, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 622 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 121828
TORTOP
KSC031-059-139-121915-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0001.060312T1827Z-060312T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1227 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF LEBO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEBO...
  MELVERN LAKE...
  MELVERN...
  LYNDON...
  QUENEMO...
  POMONA LAKE...
  POMONA...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 162.

THIS UPGRADES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN 
EFFECT.

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS.
COVER YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3824 9590 3827 9593 3839 9591 3876 9563
      3875 9560 3874 9555 3872 9550 3872 9530
      3824 9583

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 121849
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1248 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

KSC031-121858-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060312T1915Z/
COFFEY-
1248 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COFFEY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE 
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3844 9570 3844 9571 3848 9573 3872 9552
      3872 9550 3872 9530 3846 9566

$$

KSC059-139-121915-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060312T1915Z/
OSAGE-FRANKLIN-
1248 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...

AT 1245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELVERN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUENEMO.

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS.
COVER YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3844 9570 3844 9571 3848 9573 3872 9552
      3872 9550 3872 9530 3846 9566

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 121917 RRA
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
117 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

KSC059-139-121927-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060312T1915Z/
OSAGE-FRANKLIN-
117 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
OSAGE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 115 PM CST...

AT 117 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

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

LAT...LON 3844 9570 3844 9571 3848 9573 3872 9552
      3872 9550 3872 9530 3846 9566

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris37 min
Mar 12, 6:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon34 min
Mar 12, 6:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay24 min
Mar 12, 6:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson22 min
Mar 12, 7:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley34 min
Mar 12, 7:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington30 min
Mar 12, 7:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee48 min
Mar 12, 7:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris, Wabaunsee39 min
Mar 12, 7:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic34 min
Mar 12, 7:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris41 min
Mar 12, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson35 min
Mar 12, 8:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley, Wabaunsee42 min
Mar 12, 8:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee32 min
Mar 12, 8:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris38 min
Mar 12, 8:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley45 min
Mar 12, 8:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie67 min
Mar 12, 8:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee41 min
Mar 12, 8:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha29 min
Mar 12, 9:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee52 min
Mar 12, 9:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson50 min
Mar 12, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson13 min
Mar 12, 12:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Osage45 min
Mar 12, 12:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey52 min
Mar 12, 1:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas51 min
Mar 12, 1:19 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPAnderson35 min
Mar 12, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson17 min
Mar 12, 3:28 PM CSTWind AdvisoryTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris and 5 more4 hr
Mar 12, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin23 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.