Tornado Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 1, 2011, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Dickinson County, KS

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
826 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOONLIGHT...OR 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOONLIGHT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 274 AND 286.

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. IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9719 3905 9697 3885 9715 3890 9726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 206DEG 12KT 3899 9714
HAIL 2.00IN

$$

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
841 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

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DICKINSON-
841 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD MERGED WITH A 
SECOND THUNDERSTORM AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9719 3905 9697 3885 9715 3890 9726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 206DEG 12KT 3903 9711

$$

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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.