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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS

June 19, 2011Geary County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 8:42 PM CDT for Geary County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 19, 2011, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 9:17 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	11 Se Junction City, KS	LASTED 10 MINS.

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 19, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.7
Supercell composite: 31.5

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The text

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

829 
WFUS53 KTOP 200142
TORTOP
KSC061-127-197-200230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0026.110620T0142Z-110620T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
842 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 839 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 WHITE CITY...OR 14
  MILES NORTHEAST OF HERINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITE CITY...
  DWIGHT...
  ALTA VISTA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 9677 3893 9680 3905 9647 3904 9641
      3878 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 255DEG 17KT 3881 9674
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

602 
WWUS53 KTOP 200202
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
902 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

KSC061-127-197-200230-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/
MORRIS-GEARY-WABAUNSEE-
902 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WABAUNSEE...SOUTHEASTERN GEARY AND NORTH CENTRAL MORRIS
COUNTIES...

AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND A WALL CLOUD 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES 
WEST OF DWIGHT...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DWIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3886 9679 3893 9680 3905 9648 3904 9641
      3883 9634 3882 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 251DEG 12KT 3887 9675
HAIL 2.00IN

$$

BLAIR

575 
WWUS53 KTOP 200217
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
917 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

KSC061-127-197-200227-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/
MORRIS-GEARY-WABAUNSEE-
917 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE...SOUTHEASTERN
GEARY AND NORTH CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 917 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 CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GEARY 
AND SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3886 9679 3893 9680 3905 9648 3904 9641
      3883 9634 3882 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 251DEG 12KT 3889 9669

$$

BLAIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	35 min
Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	48 min
Jun 19, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	46 min
Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	30 min
Jun 20, 10:33 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Morris, Osage	7 hr
Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	46 min
Jun 20, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Washington	45 min
Jun 20, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington	47 min
Jun 20, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	36 min
Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	51 min
Jun 20, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson	48 min
Jun 20, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	27 min
Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	33 min
Jun 20, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	42 min
Jun 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Washington	38 min
Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	47 min
Jun 20, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Geary, Morris	43 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	47 min
Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min

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.