Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 2:57 PM CDT for Brown County, Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 17, 2009, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KTOP 171957
TORTOP
KSC013-085-172030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0013.090617T1957Z-090617T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
257 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KICKAPOO
RESERVATION...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HORTON...
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3971 9533 3965 9533 3964 9533 3964 9554
3958 9555 3964 9575 3979 9570
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 289DEG 20KT 3968 9567
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 172013
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
313 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
KSC085-172022-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090617T2030Z/
JACKSON-
313 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE ROTATING PART OF THE STORM WILL STAY NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF
JACKSON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3964 9554 3964 9555 3965 9555 3965 9565
3977 9560 3971 9533 3964 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 287DEG 21KT 3965 9553
$$
KSC013-172030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090617T2030Z/
BROWN-
313 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY...
AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HORTON...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF HIAWATHA...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVEREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3964 9554 3964 9555 3965 9555 3965 9565
3977 9560 3971 9533 3964 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 287DEG 21KT 3965 9553
$$000 WWUS53 KTOP 172021 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 321 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 KSC013-172030- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090617T2030Z/ BROWN- 321 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY... AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF EVEREST...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF HIAWATHA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY... GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM EAST OF WILLIS AND JUST NORTH OF EVEREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3964 9550 3975 9552 3971 9533 3964 9533 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 283DEG 21KT 3965 9544 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 172033 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 333 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 KSC013-172043- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090617T2030Z/ BROWN- 333 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3964 9550 3975 9552 3971 9533 3964 9533 TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 283DEG 21KT 3957 9546 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 30 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.