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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 2010Jefferson County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2010, 11:23 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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
Jun 13, 2010, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2010, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 13, 11:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Topeka, KSA LARGE SYCAMORE TREE APPROXIMATELY 60 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS SNAPPED. CENTER PART OF TREE WAS ROTTED OUT. OTHER SMALLER DIAMETER TREES APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 24 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE ALSO SNAPPED. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 13, 11:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Topeka, KSA LARGE OAK TREE WAS UPROOTED NEAR 21ST AVE AND KANSAS AVE. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 13, 11:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 831 S Topeka, KSSTORM CHASER MEASURED 83 MPH WIND GUST
Jun 13, 11:36 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Topeka, 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
Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1787 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

068 
WFUS53 KTOP 140423
TORTOP
KSC087-177-140445-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0013.100614T0423Z-100614T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1123 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHEASTERN TOPEKA...
  TECUMSEH...
  GRANTVILLE...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 188.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3905 9549 3902 9550 3898 9577 3904 9580
      3922 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 248DEG 30KT 3904 9569

$$

BARJENBRUCH
2 follow-up statements
416 
WWUS53 KTOP 140431
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1131 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

KSC087-177-140445-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100614T0445Z/
JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-
1131 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SHAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 1129 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO.  THIS AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST CENTRAL
TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TECUMSEH AND GRANTVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 188.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
TO SEE. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY
BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3905 9549 3902 9550 3900 9565 3907 9569
      3920 9549 3920 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 251DEG 30KT 3906 9562

$$

BARJENBRUCH
947 
WWUS53 KTOP 140442
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1142 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

KSC087-177-140452-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100614T0445Z/
JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-
1142 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 188.

AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
ROTATION HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TORNADOES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DAMAGING 
WINDS TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA...AND A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

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

LAT...LON 3905 9549 3902 9550 3900 9565 3907 9569
      3920 9549 3920 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 251DEG 30KT 3909 9551

$$

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Morris, Ottawa46 min
Jun 13, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Riley and 1 more37 min
Jun 13, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa, Riley and 1 more4 hr
Jun 13, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Lyon, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee47 min
Jun 13, 10:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson and 6 more4 hr
Jun 13, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more43 min
Jun 13, 11:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon4 days
Jun 13, 11:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon34 hr
Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee19 min
Jun 13, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 2 more49 min
Jun 14, 2:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPMorris9 hr
Jun 14, 2:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPLyon9 hr
Jun 14, 3:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon5 days
Jun 14, 3:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin17 hr
Jun 14, 3:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPFranklin, Osage35 hr
Jun 14, 3:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPLyon, Osage7 hr
Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson16 hr
Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPGeary6 hr
Jun 14, 3:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin17 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.