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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 2008Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 min. 3 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
May 29, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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
May 29, 10:01 PM CDTTORNADO6 N Belleville, KSTORNADO STILL ON THE GROUND
May 29, 10:10 PM CDTTORNADO9 N Belleville, KSTORNADO STILL ON THE GROUND. 1/4 MILE WIDE.
May 29, 10:12 PM CDTTORNADO5 Wnw Narka, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 2:30 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3876 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
26.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 300259
TORTOP
KSC157-300315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0008.080530T0300Z-080530T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1000 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF MUNDEN...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF
  CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 44 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNDEN...

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.

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 4000 9748 3993 9747 3985 9768 3993 9778
      4000 9773
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 229DEG 39KT 3993 9765

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 300306
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1004 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSC157-300315-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080530T0315Z/
REPUBLIC-
1004 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY...

AT 1001 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF 
BELLEVILLE...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 43 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY NORTH AND 
NORTHWEST OF MUNDEN...

SEEK SHELTER BELOW GROUND NOW

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

LAT...LON 4000 9748 3995 9747 3988 9761 3996 9776
      4000 9773
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 230DEG 37KT 3994 9761

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 300312
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1010 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSC157-300315-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080530T0315Z/
REPUBLIC-
1010 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY...

AT 1008 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO AT U S 
HIGHWAY 81 AND GRAND...TO THE NORTHWEST OF MUNDEN...OR 25 MILES 
NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY...TO THE NORTH 
OF MUNDEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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.

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 4000 9748 3999 9748 3998 9748 3995 9747
      3990 9758 3994 9770 4000 9768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 224DEG 29KT 3997 9760

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic26 min
May 29, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Republic38 min
May 29, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic29 min
May 29, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic25 min
May 29, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic57 min
May 29, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington43 min
May 29, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic4 hr
May 30, 12:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTOPCloud, Morris21 days
May 30, 9:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall47 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.