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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

March 12, 2006Anderson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 1:19 PM CST for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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, 1:19 PM CST (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 1:54 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Anderson County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 1:35 PM CSTHAIL 16 Ne Colony, KSNICKLE TO QUARTER HAIL.

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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°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 121920
TORTOP
KSC003-122000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0002.060312T1919Z-060312T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 117 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COLONY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOLA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLONY...
  KINCAID...

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.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
HAD BEEN IN EFFECT.

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

LAT...LON 3804 9549 3806 9549 3807 9547 3809 9544
      3810 9540 3812 9537 3825 9507 3803 9508

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 121932
SVSTOP

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

KSC003-122000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T2000Z/
ANDERSON-
132 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
ANDERSON COUNTY...

AT 129 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLONY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINCAID.

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 3804 9549 3806 9549 3807 9547 3809 9544
      3810 9540 3812 9537 3825 9507 3803 9508

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 121936
SVSTOP

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

KSC003-122000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T2000Z/
ANDERSON-
136 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...

AT 134 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF KINCAID...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3804 9531 3808 9531 3809 9531 3810 9531
      3811 9531 3813 9526 3817 9508 3804 9508

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 121954
SVSTOP

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

KSC003-122004-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060312T2000Z/
ANDERSON-
154 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 154 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD EXITED THE AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

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 3804 9531 3808 9531 3809 9531 3810 9531
      3811 9531 3813 9526 3817 9508 3804 9508

$$

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, 12:27 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Osage48 min
Mar 12, 12:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey52 min
Mar 12, 1:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas51 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

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.