Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 25, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Agenda, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 250630 TORTOP KSC029-157-201-250715- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0003.080425T0630Z-080425T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 130 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 128 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGENDA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGENDA... CUBA... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3982 9731 3966 9717 3956 9761 3973 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 255DEG 27KT 3965 9752 $$ BOUSTEAD
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 250634 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 134 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 KSC029-157-201-250715- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080425T0715Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD- 134 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLOUD...WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES... AT 128 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGENDA...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGENDA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. AGENDA IS DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...AND GO TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. AVOID OVERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3982 9731 3966 9717 3956 9761 3973 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 252DEG 29KT 3967 9747 $$ BOUSTEAD
000
WWUS53 KTOP 250650
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
149 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
KSC029-157-250659-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080425T0715Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-
149 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLOUD AND SOUTHEASTERN
REPUBLIC COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3974 9725 3966 9717 3963 9736 3967 9736
3968 9736 3976 9736 3982 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 252DEG 29KT 3971 9732
$$
KSC201-250715-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080425T0715Z/
WASHINGTON-
149 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...OR 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW
LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...AND GO TO A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. AVOID OVERPASSES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3974 9725 3966 9717 3963 9736 3967 9736
3968 9736 3976 9736 3982 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 252DEG 29KT 3971 9732
$$
BOUSTEAD000
WWUS53 KTOP 250700
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
200 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
KSC201-250710-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080425T0715Z/
WASHINGTON-
200 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 200 AM 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 CANCELLED.
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 3974 9725 3966 9717 3963 9736 3967 9736
3968 9736 3976 9736 3982 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 252DEG 29KT 3973 9721
$$
BOUSTEADThe 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, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 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, 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.