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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Topeka, KS

June 11, 2008Clay County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 9:03 PM CDT for Clay County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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 11, 2008, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, KS, Washington County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 E Oak Hill, KS	INTERSECTION OF 9TH AND FRONTIER
Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDT	TORNADO	Sw Clay Center, KS	WICHITA NWS RELAYED REPORT FROM TRAINED SPOTTER OF TORNADO UNKNOWN DISTANCE SW OF CLAY CENTER.

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
Jun 11, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 15.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 120203
TORTOP
KSC027-201-120245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0018.080612T0203Z-080612T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
903 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
  OAK HILL...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 36 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  IDANA...
  VINING...
  CLAY CENTER...
  MORGANVILLE...
  CLIFTON...
  GREEN...
  PALMER...
  LINN...
  GREENLEAF...
  BARNES...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS...
AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3979 9680 3956 9680 3956 9695 3924 9695
      3916 9736 3977 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 236DEG 31KT 3925 9741

$$

BOUSTEAD

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 120214
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
914 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC027-201-120245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080612T0245Z/
WASHINGTON-CLAY-
914 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CLAY AND
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK HILL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY
CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IDANA...VINING...MORGANVILLE...CLAY CENTER...CLIFTON...GREEN...
PALMER...LINN...GREENLEAF AND BARNES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS...
AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3979 9680 3956 9680 3956 9695 3924 9695
      3916 9736 3977 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 236DEG 31KT 3930 9731

$$

BOUSTEAD

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 120218
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
918 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC027-201-120245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080612T0245Z/
WASHINGTON-CLAY-
918 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CLAY AND
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 914 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.  
THIS FUNNEL CLOUD...AND POSSIBLE TORNADO...WAS LOCATED 4 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF IDANA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAY CENTER...MORGANVILLE...VINING...CLIFTON...PALMER...LINN...
GREENLEAF...GREEN AND BARNES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS...
AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3979 9680 3956 9680 3956 9695 3924 9695
      3916 9736 3977 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 230DEG 30KT 3934 9728

$$

BOUSTEAD

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 120228
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
928 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC027-201-120245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080612T0245Z/
WASHINGTON-CLAY-
928 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IDANA...OR 6 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORGANVILLE...PALMER...GREEN...CLAY CENTER AND BARNES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS...
AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3979 9680 3956 9680 3956 9695 3924 9695
      3926 9725 3953 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 230DEG 30KT 3939 9719

$$

BOUSTEAD

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 120242
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
943 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

KSC027-201-120253-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080612T0245Z/
WASHINGTON-CLAY-
943 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...

AT 943 PM CDT...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.

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

LAT...LON 3979 9680 3956 9680 3956 9695 3924 9695
      3926 9725 3953 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 230DEG 30KT 3947 9706

$$

BOUSTEAD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Washington	25 min
Jun 11, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic	46 min
Jun 11, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	59 min
Jun 11, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Cloud, Ottawa	36 min
Jun 11, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Washington	13 min
Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	36 min
Jun 11, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	45 min
Jun 11, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	28 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Riley	42 min
Jun 11, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson	40 min
Jun 11, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min
Jun 11, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	32 min
Jun 11, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	38 min
Jun 11, 11:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	41 min
Jun 11, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	52 min
Jun 11, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	30 min
Jun 11, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jackson, Nemaha	37 min
Jun 12, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	48 min
Jun 12, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	49 min
Jun 12, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	4 days
Jun 12, 2:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage	13 hr
Jun 12, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	49 min
Jun 12, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	55 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	43 min
Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	38 min
Jun 12, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon	43 min
Jun 12, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	57 min
Jun 12, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee	63 min
Jun 12, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	4 hr
Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	33 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage	34 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.