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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Topeka, KS

September 12, 2008Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2008, 4:27 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
Sep 12, 2008, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Douglas County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 12, 4:33 PM CDTTORNADO3 W Baldwin City, KSEMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AT 1365 N 300 RD.
Sep 12, 4:38 PM CDTTORNADO3 W Baldwin City, KSEMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AT 1365 N 300 RD.
Sep 12, 4:38 PM CDTTORNADO6 N Baldwin City, KSBRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED AT 98E 1550 RD.
Sep 12, 4:54 PM CDTTORNADO7 Ne Baldwin City, KSTORNADO AND DEBRIS IN THE AIR SPOTTED BY DEPUTY AT 1061 N 900 RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2008-09-12Temperature 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 2008-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 122127
TORTOP
KSC045-122215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0034.080912T2127Z-080912T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
427 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
  BALDWIN CITY...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  29 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VINLAND...
  LAWRENCE...
  EUDORA...

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 3883 9505 3873 9525 3880 9536 3900 9522
      3899 9518 3897 9517 3897 9515 3897 9509
      3898 9507 3898 9505 3897 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 222DEG 25KT 3881 9523

$$

BOUSTEAD
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122135
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
435 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

KSC045-122215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080912T2215Z/
DOUGLAS-
435 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VINLAND...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND EUDORA.

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 3877 9521 3883 9525 3900 9522 3899 9518
      3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507 3898 9505
      3883 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 230DEG 21KT 3882 9519

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122143
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
443 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

KSC045-122215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080912T2215Z/
DOUGLAS-
442 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VINLAND...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUDORA AND RURAL EAST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS FROM 
THIS STORM AS IT MOVE TO THE NORTH OF BALDWIN CITY. 

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 3883 9505 3880 9518 3885 9521 3894 9515
      3895 9513 3896 9510 3897 9509 3898 9507
      3898 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 230DEG 21KT 3885 9515

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122154
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
454 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

KSC045-122215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080912T2215Z/
DOUGLAS-
453 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 450 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED 
TORNADO DOING DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF 
EUDORA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUDORA AND RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3877 9521 3883 9525 3900 9522 3899 9518
      3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507 3898 9505
      3883 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 235DEG 22KT 3889 9507

$$

BOUSTEAD
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122203
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
503 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

KSC045-122215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080912T2215Z/
DOUGLAS-
502 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINLAND...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A NEW CIRCULATION 
WITH A NEW STORM MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. THE PREVIOUS STORM 
WITH THE CONFIRMED TORNADO HAS EXITED THE COUNTY TO THE EAST. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINLAND...EUDORA

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 3877 9521 3883 9525 3900 9522 3899 9518
      3897 9517 3897 9509 3898 9507 3898 9505
      3883 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 229DEG 21KT 3880 9522

$$

BOUSTEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCloud, Republic2 hr
Sep 11, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud3 hr
Sep 11, 10:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPClay, Cloud, Ottawa110 min
Sep 12, 5:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Lyon4 hr
Sep 12, 8:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon4 hr
Sep 12, 9:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey6 hr
Sep 12, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud29 hr
Sep 12, 9:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin3 days
Sep 12, 9:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin57 hr
Sep 12, 10:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDouglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee2 hr
Sep 12, 10:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPOsage2 hr
Sep 12, 11:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPDickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley2 hr
Sep 12, 12:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon2 hr
Sep 12, 2:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon5 days
Sep 12, 2:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon6 days
Sep 12, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay24 hr
Sep 12, 2:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin, Osage54 hr
Sep 12, 3:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPBrown119 min
Sep 12, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon3 hr
Sep 12, 4:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Douglas, Franklin, Osage12 hr
Sep 12, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas28 min
Sep 12, 5:34 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPJefferson3 hr
Sep 12, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon3 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.