Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2009, 7:46 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
- Jul 3, 2009, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:53 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Bennington, KS | 140TH AND K18 HWY |
| Jul 3, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | N Bennington, KS | SWEET CORN FLATTENED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KTOP 040046 TORTOP KSC143-040130- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0021.090704T0046Z-090704T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 746 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TESCOTT...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CULVER... MINNEAPOLIS... BENNINGTON... WELLS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3912 9792 3915 9755 3896 9755 3896 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 267DEG 20KT 3903 9782 $$ GARGAN
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 040056 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 756 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009 KSC143-040130- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090704T0130Z/ OTTAWA- 756 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY... AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CULVER...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BENNINGTON... CULVER... RURAL RESIDENTS ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS... AND COVER YOUR HEAD. && LAT...LON 3909 9782 3915 9755 3896 9755 3896 9783 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 270DEG 20KT 3902 9776 $$ GARGAN
000 WWUS53 KTOP 040106 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 806 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009 KSC143-040130- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090704T0130Z/ OTTAWA- 806 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY... AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BENNINGTON...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BENNINGTON. AT 753 PM...THE OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF BENNINGTON. RESIDENTS OF BENNINGTON SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3908 9772 3913 9755 3896 9755 3896 9772 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 270DEG 21KT 3902 9767 $$ GARGAN
000 WWUS53 KTOP 040130 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 830 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009 KSC143-040139- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090704T0130Z/ OTTAWA- 830 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT... AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM FOR SOUTHEAST OTTAWA AND WEST CENTRAL DICKINSON UNTIL 9 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3908 9772 3913 9755 3896 9755 3896 9772 TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 270DEG 21KT 3902 9749 $$ HARDING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 10:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 3 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.