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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2010, 7:32 PM CDT for Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2010, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffey County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 8, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
349 WFUS53 KTOP 090032 TORTOP KSC031-090100- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0011.100609T0032Z-100609T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 732 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 728 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTH OF GRIDLEY. AT 731 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF GRIDLEY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LE ROY... 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 3815 9589 3816 9556 3804 9557 3803 9588 TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 275DEG 14KT 3807 9585 $$
2 follow-up statements
504 WWUS53 KTOP 090045 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 745 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 KSC031-090100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-100609T0100Z/ COFFEY- 745 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COFFEY COUNTY... AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LE ROY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 70 MPH WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. AT 734 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRIDLEY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LE ROY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW! TORNADOES MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS... AND USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3804 9576 3815 9576 3816 9556 3804 9557 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 276DEG 26KT 3806 9569 $$ GARGAN
388 WWUS53 KTOP 090059 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 759 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 KSC031-090109- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-100609T0100Z/ COFFEY- 759 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COFFEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT... AT 759 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. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS EXITING THE COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3804 9576 3815 9576 3816 9556 3804 9557 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 276DEG 26KT 3805 9554 $$ GARGAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 8, 3:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 304 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 .DISCUSSION... FRONT SLIDING INTO THE CWA ATTM...WITH NW WIND SHIFTS NOTED AT FNB SOUTHWEST THROUGH CNK AND K9K7 BACK THROUGH DDC. WEAKER LEADING IMPULSE ACROSS NC KS ATTM IS AHEAD OF STRONGER PUSH ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S HAVE MADE IT NORTHWARD TO AROUND I70 WITH SOME SHOWERS STARTING TO FORM I70 NORTHWARD. LAPS INSTABILITY SUGGESTS CAPES AROUND 2500 INCREASE TO 3500 AND STILL RISING. BULK SHEAR PROGGED AROUND 40KTS 0-6KM WITH 20KTS 0-1KM ALSO NOTED. ELEVATED ECHOES HAVE BEGUN WITH SURFACE BASED CELLS ANTICIPATED WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. INITIAL CONCERNS WITH STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HAIL AND ISOLD TORNADO THREAT CONSIDERING STEEP UPPER LAPSE RATES...STRONG INSTABILITY AND LOW LCL HEIGHTS. AS FRONT MOVES ESE EXPECT CELLS TO BECOME LINEAR IN NATURE AND WIND THREAT TO INCREASE. STILL SOMEWHAT PROGRESSIVE SO ANTICIPATE MOST SEVERE THREAT TO END LATE EVENING WITH STRATIFORM PRECIP BEHIND THE FRONT DECREASING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 67 WEDNESDAY...SFC FRONT DROPS SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND ALLOWS FOR COOLER TEMPS AND LOWER TDS TO SLIDE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. LEFT IN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SOUTH OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO OTTAWA LINE NEAREST THE POTENTIAL INFLUENCE OF SFC FRONT. WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER WY/CO/NE 3 STATE AREA EXPECTED TO CONGEAL INTO ANOTHER MCS. PENDING INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA...FORWARD PROPOGATING CORFIDI VECTORS STEER THE COMPLEX EAST- SOUTHEASTWARD...WITH THE GFS WIND FIELD A BIT MORE VEERED THAN THE NAM AFTER 09Z. WILL MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE POPS...BEST NORTH WHERE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE CURRENTLY DEPICTS THE COMPLEX TRACKING. THURSDAY...LINGERING POST-MCS PRECIP POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. BY LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON...H5 RIDGING BUILDS ALOFT. WELL CAPPED ATMOSPHERE AND NO DISCERNIBLE FEATURE TO PROVIDE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL KEEP THE DAY DRY. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH BOOSTS MAX TEMPS BACK TO NEAR 90 AREA-WIDE. THURSDAY NIGHT...DEVELOPING 850MB LLJ NOSING INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NE SHOULD BRING WIDESPREAD TSRA TO THE AREA. TRENDED BEST POPS NORTH OF I-70 WHERE COOLER 700MB TEMPS AND STEEPER MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE IN PLACE. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...H5 TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG INTO THE DESERT SW. MEANWHILE...CLOSED CIRCULATION OVER TEXAS THAT HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY AS OF LATE WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI FRIDAY MORNING. MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FEATURE...ALTHOUGH 08/12Z MODELS HAVE EJECTED THE LOW A BIT FURTHER EAST THAN PREVIOUSLY NOTED. SEVERAL LOBES OF ENERGY LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MEAN SWERY FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES...MAINLY IMPACTING WESTERN KS/NE. LEE TROUGH/SFC SFC LOW SIMILARLY REMAIN OVER WESTERN KANSAS. AS HEIGHT FALLS SHIFT EASTWARD...EXPECT TO SEE A GRADUAL SHIFT OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND SFC FEATURES INTO THE LOCAL AREA AS WELL. INTRODUCED POPS...MAINLY NORTH...OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY AS THE SFC TROUGH AXIS SETS-UP FROM SFC LOW OVER SW KS THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA. HIGHEST POPS SATURDAY NIGHT AGAIN ON NOSE OF NOCTURNAL JET. LONG RANGE...MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST. GENERAL SET-UP ALLOWS H5 CLOSED LOW TO DEVELOP IN THE BASE OF THE WESTERN CONUS LONGWAVE TROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THEREAFTER...HPC PREFERRED 08/00Z ECMWF HOLDS BACK ENERGY OVER NV/UT BEFORE SLOWLY LIFTING IT NEARLY NORTHWARD AS A NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH INTO MONTANA AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WHILE THE 08/06Z GFS EJECTS A MORE DAMPENED POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH THE CENTRAL CONUS. NOTABLY...08/12Z GFS MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH ECMWF. EITHER WAY...850MB BAROCLINIC ZONE AND SFC FRONT MOVE INTO THE STATE EARLY SUNDAY...AND HANG UP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD LATE MONDAY OR TUESDAY. CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST ARE AS FOLLOWS: ADDED CHANCE POPS SATURDAY...AND UPPED POPS SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY WITH SOGGY WEATHER OBSERVED LATELY LOCALLY. HIGH MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT WITH PWATS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES SATURDAY WILL MAKE FOR EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCTION. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN...AS REFLECTED BY POPS...WILL BE WITH STRENGTHENING 850MB NOCTURNAL JET SATURDAY NIGHT. LOWERED HIGHS A FEW DEGREES TO NEAR...OR 3-5 DEGREES BELOW CLIMO. CLOUDS...CONVECTION...AND SFC FRONT DROPPING SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ALL INFER COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPS...AND ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. LUNDE && .AVIATION... PUT STRONG TEMPO GR0UPS IN THE TOP/FOE SITES WITH FRONT NEARBY AT TIME STORMS ARE PROGGED TO DEVELOP. CONDITIONS OUTSIDE CONVECTION VFR AT THIS TIME BUT WILL KEEP EYE OUT FOR LOW STRATUS BEHIND STORMS. SOUTH WINDS BECOME NORTH THEN EAST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AND ARE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR STORMS. 67 && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 10:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-091200- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SENECA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 ON WEDNESDAY...ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:33 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
633 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0406 PM HEAVY RAIN SCRANTON 38.78N 95.74W
06/08/2010 M3.52 INCH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL
&&
BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
642 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM FLOOD 1 S PRINCETON 38.47N 95.28W
06/08/2010 FRANKLIN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF PRINCETON HAD
WATER OVER THEM. THE DEPTH OF THE WATER WAS UNKNOWN.
&&
GARGANSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 7:03 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 703 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 KSZ055-058-090030- COFFEY-OSAGE- 703 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN COFFEY COUNTIES... THROUGH 730 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN COFFEY COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE OLIVET...BETO JUNCTION AND WAVERLY. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 168 COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:17 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
717 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 SSW QUENEMO 38.53N 95.56W
06/08/2010 M5.27 INCH OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL
&&
BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 8, 7:18 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
718 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 SSW QUENEMO 38.53N 95.56W
06/08/2010 OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
OBSERVER REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS WITH WATER FLOWING
OVER. REPORTED SOME ROADS WITH UP TO 1 FOOT OF FLOWING
WATER AROUND SHAWNEE HEIGHTS ROAD AND 301ST IN OSAGE
COUNTY.
&&
BYRNELocal storm report, Jun 8, 7:27 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
727 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM BLIZZARD 1 W QUENEMO 38.58N 95.55W
06/08/2010 OSAGE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
OSAGE CTY SHERRIF REPORTED K68 HWY JUST WEST OF QUENEMO
HAD UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER IT AND WAS
IMPASSABLE. ALSO REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IN THE QUENEMO
AND MELVERN AREAS WERE IMASSABLE AND CLOSED DUE TO FLASH
FLOODING.
&&
BYRNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 35 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 16 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey | 19 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 days |
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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.