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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS

June 12, 2008Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 6:02 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 12, 2008, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lyon County, KS

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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°0°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 122303
TORTOP
KSC111-122345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0028.080612T2302Z-080612T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF AMERICUS...OR 16 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA...MOVING 
  EAST AT 35 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WALL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM 
  IN CHASE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AMERICUS...
  EMPORIA...
  ADMIRE...
  READING...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 134.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST 
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN 
EFFECT FURTHER NORTH FOR NORTHERN LYON COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM AS WELL.

LAT...LON 3837 9636 3851 9634 3851 9636 3856 9635
      3860 9629 3870 9595 3844 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 253DEG 35KT 3842 9644

$$

HUDSON
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122318
SVSTOP

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

KSC111-122345-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080612T2345Z/
LYON-
617 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LYON COUNTY...

AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMERICUS...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 27 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMERICUS...EMPORIA AND ADMIRE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...RESIDENTS FROM AMERICUS 
NORTHWARD CAN EXPECT HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 134.

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

LAT...LON 3837 9636 3851 9634 3851 9636 3856 9635
      3860 9629 3870 9595 3844 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 253DEG 23KT 3845 9637

$$

HUDSON
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122327
SVSTOP

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

KSC111-122345-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080612T2345Z/
LYON-
626 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LYON COUNTY...

AT 622 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH 
THE THUDNERSTORM LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMERICUS OR NEAR THE 
LYON COUNTY LINE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. THIS STORM WAS 
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMERICUS...EMPORIA AND ADMIRE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 134.

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

LAT...LON 3837 9636 3851 9634 3851 9636 3856 9635
      3860 9629 3870 9595 3844 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 247DEG 18KT 3848 9634

$$

HUDSON
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122336
SVSTOP

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

KSC111-122345-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080612T2345Z/
LYON-
635 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LYON COUNTY...

AT 631 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ROTATION NEAR 
AMERICUS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADMIRE BY 645 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE IS ALSO 
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM IN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF AMERICUS.

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

LAT...LON 3851 9634 3851 9636 3856 9635 3860 9629
      3870 9595 3844 9595 3837 9635 3838 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 252DEG 26KT 3851 9626

$$

HUDSON
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122348
SVSTOP

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

KSC111-122358-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080612T2345Z/
LYON-
648 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LYON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THIS TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING FOR NORTHERN LYON COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM.  REMEMBER THOUGH THAT 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 
TORNADOES RAPIDLY AND THIS STORM WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY FOR SIGNS 
OF STRENGTHENING ROTATION.

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

LAT...LON 3851 9634 3851 9636 3856 9635 3860 9629
      3870 9595 3844 9595 3837 9635 3838 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 252DEG 26KT 3851 9625

$$

HUDSON

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, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee43 min
Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee38 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

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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.