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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

March 30, 2006Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 12:34 PM CST for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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
Mar 30, 2006, 12:34 PM CST (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2006, 1:15 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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 30, 12:40 PM CSTHAIL 1Minneapolis, KS
Mar 30, 12:47 PM CSTHAIL 1Minneapolis, KS
Mar 30, 1:09 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Minneapolis, 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 30, 8:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2006-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 426 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
426 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
459 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 301834
TORTOP
KSC143-301915-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0004.060330T1834Z-060330T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1234 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1231 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  TESCOTT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENNINGTON...
  MINNEAPOLIS...

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 3924 9782 3930 9737 3896 9738 3896 9792
      3904 9793

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 301846
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1245 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

KSC143-301915-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060330T1915Z/
OTTAWA-
1245 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR OTTAWA
COUNTY...

AT 1241 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CULVER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS AND 
BENNINGTON..

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 3924 9782 3930 9737 3896 9738 3896 9792
      3904 9793

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 301852
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1251 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

KSC143-301915-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060330T1915Z/
OTTAWA-
1251 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
OTTAWA COUNTY...

AT 1249 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNEAPOLIS...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF
SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

MINNEAPOLIS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN MINNEAPOLIS AT 1250 PM. 
OTTAWA SHERIFF ALSO REPORTED SIGNS OF ROTATION WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3924 9774 3930 9737 3905 9770 3908 9782

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 2:52 AM CSTWind AdvisoryTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more15 hr
Mar 30, 12:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa59 min
Mar 30, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Wabaunsee48 min
Mar 30, 1:04 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPClay, Cloud41 min
Mar 30, 1:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa55 min
Mar 30, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee41 min
Mar 30, 1:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington44 min
Mar 30, 1:42 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPWashington33 min
Mar 30, 1:47 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPMorris35 min
Mar 30, 1:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud41 min
Mar 30, 1:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson66 min
Mar 30, 2:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee34 min
Mar 30, 2:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington26 min
Mar 30, 2:22 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Morris38 min
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary29 min
Mar 30, 2:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley26 min
Mar 30, 3:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha54 min
Mar 30, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee44 min
Mar 30, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee38 min
Mar 30, 4:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson24 min
Mar 30, 4:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee37 min
Mar 30, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown21 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin32 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.