Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 2:22 PM CST for Dickinson County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 30, 2006, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dickinson County, KS, Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 30, 2:40 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Herington, 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.
| 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 302022
TORTOP
KSC041-127-302100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0009.060330T2022Z-060330T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
222 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 221 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HERINGTON...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF
ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURDICK...
HERINGTON...
LATIMER...
WILSEY...
WHITE CITY...
PARKERVILLE...
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 3885 9689 3881 9649 3852 9669 3852 9691
3860 9694 3860 9717
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 302037
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
236 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
KSC197-302045-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060330T2045Z/
WABAUNSEE-
236 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
WABAUNSEE COUNTY...
AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCFARLAND...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MANHATTAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMA...MCFARLAND AND MAPLE HILL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 323 AND 344.
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3907 9595 3895 9625 3902 9644 3916 9629
3918 9624
$$000 WWUS53 KTOP 302049 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 247 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC041-302057- /O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060330T2100Z/ DICKINSON- 247 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DICKINSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 247 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3885 9689 3885 9650 3873 9673 3869 9689 $$ KSC127-302100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060330T2100Z/ MORRIS- 247 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY... AT 242 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LATIMER...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DWIGHT. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3885 9689 3885 9650 3873 9673 3869 9689 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 302101 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 301 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 KSC127-302111- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060330T2100Z/ MORRIS- 301 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 300 PM CST... AT 301 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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 3885 9689 3885 9650 3873 9673 3869 9689 $$
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, 2:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 2:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.