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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

June 21, 2006Clay County, Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2006, 7:06 PM CDT for Clay County, Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 6 reports 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
Jun 21, 2006, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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
Jun 21, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.54 Sw Clyde, KSREPORT RELAYED BY NSSL.
Jun 21, 7:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 E Aurora, KSREPORT RELAYED BY NSSL.
Jun 21, 7:24 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 608 Wsw Morganville, KS
Jun 21, 7:24 PM CDTHAIL 1.58 Wsw Morganville, KS
Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 Nw Clay Center, KSTIME IS APPROXIMATE
Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.7515 Nw Clay Center, 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
Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2006-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2556 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
2556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 220006
TORTOP
KSC027-029-220045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0021.060622T0006Z-060622T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
706 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  EAST CENTRAL CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VINING...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VINING...
  MORGANVILLE...

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
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3957 9748 3941 9748 3940 9710 3956 9710

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic3 hr
Jun 21, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay43 min
Jun 21, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud39 min
Jun 21, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Ottawa43 min
Jun 21, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa58 min
Jun 21, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris44 min
Jun 22, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage40 min
Jun 22, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee36 min
Jun 22, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin40 min
Jun 22, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin16 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.