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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2010, 8:10 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 20, 2010, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 5 Ese Concordia, KS | |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 2 N Concordia, KS | ESTIMATING GUSTS TO 80MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 4831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948 WFUS53 KTOP 210110 TORTOP KSC029-157-210145- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0021.100621T0110Z-100621T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 810 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF AGENDA...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLYDE... AGENDA... CUBA... 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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3946 9736 3946 9761 3976 9773 3989 9737 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 255DEG 31KT 3964 9762 $$
2 follow-up statements
653 WWUS53 KTOP 210130 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 830 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 KSC029-157-210145- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100621T0145Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD- 830 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLOUD AND SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES... AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AGENDA...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGENDA AND CLYDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3946 9736 3946 9751 3981 9760 3989 9737 TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 261DEG 31KT 3969 9740 $$
788 WWUS53 KTOP 210140 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 840 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 KSC029-157-210149- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100621T0145Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD- 840 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLOUD AND SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT... AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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 UNTIL 930 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3946 9736 3946 9751 3981 9760 3989 9737 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 261DEG 31KT 3970 9730 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Republic | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Geary, Marshall, Ottawa, Republic and 2 more | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 8:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 115 min |
| Jun 20, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie and 3 more | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Shawnee | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 10:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 117 min |
| Jun 21, 7:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington | 88 min |
| Jun 21, 7:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 55 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Riley, Washington | 92 min |
| Jun 21, 8:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 10:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 13 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 37 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall and 5 more | 13 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.