Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 2:11 PM CST for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2006, 2:11 PM CST (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 30, 8:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KTOP 302010
TORTOP
KSC197-302045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0008.060330T2011Z-060330T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
211 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 208 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH
OF VOLLAND...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VOLLAND...
ALMA...
MCFARLAND...
PAXICO...
MAPLE HILL...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 324 AND 344.
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 3907 9595 3876 9630 3874 9632 3874 9637
3881 9637 3883 9649 3889 9649 3916 9629
3918 9624
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 302023 RRA
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
223 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
KSC197-302045-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060330T2045Z/
WABAUNSEE-
223 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR WABAUNSEE
COUNTY...
AT 221 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF VOLLAND...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH
OF MANHATTAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMA...MCFARLAND...PAXICO AND MAPLE HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 324 AND 344.
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3907 9595 3883 9635 3889 9649 3916 9629
3918 9624
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 302037
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
236 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
KSC197-302045-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060330T2045Z/
WABAUNSEE-
236 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
WABAUNSEE COUNTY...
AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCFARLAND...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MANHATTAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMA...MCFARLAND AND MAPLE HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 323 AND 344.
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 3907 9595 3895 9625 3902 9644 3916 9629
3918 9624
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 302045
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
245 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
KSC197-302055-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060330T2045Z/
WABAUNSEE-
245 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 245
PM CST...
AT 245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3907 9595 3895 9625 3902 9644 3916 9629
3918 9624
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:52 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 1:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 2:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 2:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 21 min |
| Mar 30, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.