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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Topeka, KS

June 12, 2008Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 5:47 PM CDT for Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 6 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 12, 2008, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 5:52 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Sw Auburn, KS
Jun 12, 5:59 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Auburn, KSFUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF AUBURN.
Jun 12, 6:05 PM CDTTORNADO4 Ne Auburn, KSPUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR WASBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL NEAR 61ST AND WANAMAKER ROAD.
Jun 12, 6:14 PM CDTHAIL 14 S Topeka, KS
Jun 12, 6:19 PM CDTHAIL 1Topeka, KS27TH AND CALIFORNIA.
Jun 12, 6:24 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Topeka, KS21ST AND ADAMS

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
Jun 12, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 2 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 2008-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2008-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 122247
TORTOP
KSC139-177-122330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0027.080612T2247Z-080612T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
547 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  AUBURN...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUBURN...
  PAULINE...
  TOPEKA...
  BERRYTON...
  TECUMSEH...
  RICHLAND...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 188.

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 3884 9550 3880 9594 3895 9594 3918 9559
      3908 9560 3906 9559 3905 9558 3906 9551
      3905 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 241DEG 20KT 3888 9591

$$

BOUSTEAD
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122255
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
554 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

KSC139-177-122330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080612T2330Z/
SHAWNEE-OSAGE-
554 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 550 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS FUNNEL CLOUD...AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF AUBURN...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAULINE...TOPEKA...BERRYTON...RICHLAND AND TECUMSEH.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 188.

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 3884 9550 3880 9594 3895 9594 3918 9559
      3908 9560 3906 9559 3905 9558 3906 9551
      3905 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 245DEG 23KT 3890 9584

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122300
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
600 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

KSC139-177-122330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080612T2330Z/
SHAWNEE-OSAGE-
600 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 554 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR AUBURN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAULINE...TOPEKA...BERRYTON...RICHLAND AND TECUMSEH.

THIS TORNADO MAY BE RAPPED IN RAIN. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE 
TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 188.

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 3884 9550 3882 9589 3895 9595 3918 9559
      3908 9560 3906 9559 3905 9558 3906 9551
      3905 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 252DEG 22KT 3889 9578

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122307
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
607 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

KSC139-177-122330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080612T2330Z/
SHAWNEE-OSAGE-
607 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 604 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF AUBURN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAULINE...TOPEKA...BERRYTON...RICHLAND AND TECUMSEH.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 188.

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 3884 9550 3882 9589 3895 9595 3918 9559
      3908 9560 3906 9559 3905 9558 3906 9551
      3905 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 252DEG 22KT 3891 9572

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122320
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
620 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

KSC139-122330-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080612T2330Z/
OSAGE-
620 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3896 9550 3892 9568 3903 9575 3918 9559
      3908 9560 3905 9558 3906 9551 3905 9550
      3897 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 241DEG 31KT 3900 9559

$$

KSC177-122330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080612T2330Z/
SHAWNEE-
620 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
SHAWNEE COUNTY...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF BERRYTON...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 188.

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

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 3896 9550 3892 9568 3903 9575 3918 9559
      3908 9560 3905 9558 3906 9551 3905 9550
      3897 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 241DEG 31KT 3900 9559

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122330
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
630 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

KSC177-122340-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080612T2330Z/
SHAWNEE-
630 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 630 PM CDT...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. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 FOR SHAWNEE 
COUNTY. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER.

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

LAT...LON 3896 9550 3892 9568 3903 9575 3918 9559
      3908 9560 3905 9558 3906 9551 3905 9550
      3897 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 241DEG 31KT 3900 9559

$$

BOUSTEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington25 min
Jun 11, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic46 min
Jun 11, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa59 min
Jun 11, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa36 min
Jun 11, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington13 min
Jun 11, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Washington42 min
Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa36 min
Jun 11, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson45 min
Jun 11, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa28 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Riley42 min
Jun 11, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson40 min
Jun 11, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley49 min
Jun 11, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson32 min
Jun 11, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris38 min
Jun 11, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie41 min
Jun 11, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee52 min
Jun 11, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee30 min
Jun 11, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Nemaha37 min
Jun 12, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown, Jackson48 min
Jun 12, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee49 min
Jun 12, 2:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall4 days
Jun 12, 2:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage13 hr
Jun 12, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee49 min
Jun 12, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee55 min
Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee38 min
Jun 12, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon43 min
Jun 12, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson57 min
Jun 12, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee63 min
Jun 12, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee4 hr
Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon33 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage34 min

Nearby

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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.