Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2008, 12:41 AM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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
- Apr 25, 2008, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 12:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Jamestown, KS | POSSIBLE TORNADO. SPOTTER REPORTED 3 POWER POLES SNAPPED...A ABANDONED ROCK HOME DESTROYED...AN OUT BUILDING DAMAGED...DAMAGE TO TREES. NEAR INTERSECTION OF PLUM AND 30TH ROADS. |
| Apr 25, 1:11 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Norway, KS | ALSO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS |
| Apr 25, 1:16 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ne Concordia, KS | |
| Apr 25, 1:26 AM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Sw Agenda, KS | BRIEF TORNADO ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMES. LASTED 1 TO 2 MINUTES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KTOP 250541 TORTOP KSC029-157-250630- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0002.080425T0541Z-080425T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1241 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...OR 18 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JAMESTOWN... NORWAY... CONCORDIA... 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 3977 9752 3948 9746 3945 9794 3967 9794 TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 261DEG 22KT 3955 9800 $$ BOUSTEAD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 250546 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1245 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 KSC029-157-250630- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080425T0630Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD- 1245 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN CLOUD AND SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES... AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JAMESTOWN...NORWAY AND CONCORDIA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. DEBRIS WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 14 NORTH OF BELOIT. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...AND GO TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. AVOID OVERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3977 9752 3948 9746 3945 9794 3967 9794 TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 260DEG 24KT 3956 9794 $$ BOUSTEAD
000 WWUS53 KTOP 250554 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1253 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 KSC029-157-250630- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080425T0630Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD- 1253 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN CLOUD AND SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES... AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN...OR 12 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JAMESTOWN...NORWAY AND CONCORDIA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. A HOME WAS REPORTED DESTROYED 3 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...AND GO TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. AVOID OVERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3977 9752 3948 9746 3945 9794 3967 9794 TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 252DEG 26KT 3960 9787 $$ BOUSTEAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 3:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 36 hr |
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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.