Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2008, 5:58 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 29, 2008, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KTOP 292258
TORTOP
KSC111-292330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0033.080729T2258Z-080729T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
558 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
OLPE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
OF HARTFORD...
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 WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3822 9617 3831 9595 3825 9595 3817 9595
3817 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 248DEG 17KT 3820 9612
$$
BLAIR3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 292306
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
606 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
KSC111-292330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080729T2330Z/
LYON-
604 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY...
AT 552 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
ABOUT 4 TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF OLPE. THE SPOTTER REPORTED THE FUNNEL
HAD GONE UP IN THE CLOUD. AT 602 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OLPE..OR 14 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
19 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY...
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3818 9613 3823 9615 3823 9614 3831 9595
3821 9595 3820 9595 3818 9595 3817 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 243DEG 17KT 3822 9609
$$
BLAIR000
WWUS53 KTOP 292321
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
621 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
KSC111-292330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080729T2330Z/
LYON-
620 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LYON 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 ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTFORD...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH OF HARTFORD...
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 3823 9603 3824 9605 3827 9605 3831 9595
3829 9595 3828 9595 3827 9595 3825 9595
3822 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 244DEG 18KT 3826 9599
$$
BLAIR000
WWUS53 KTOP 292331
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
631 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
KSC111-292341-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080729T2330Z/
LYON-
631 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LYON
COUNTY HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3823 9603 3824 9605 3827 9605 3831 9595
3829 9595 3828 9595 3827 9595 3825 9595
3822 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 244DEG 18KT 3826 9598
$$
BLAIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.