Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:35 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 6 Ne Colony, KS | NICKLE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 7:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 39 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, 1:56 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.