Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2011, 5:58 PM CDT for Clay County, Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 14, 2011, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, KS, Dickinson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
602 WFUS53 KTOP 142258 TORTOP KSC027-041-142330- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0005.110414T2258Z-110414T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 558 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES SOUTH OF IDANA... OR 10 MILES NORTH OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IDANA... CLAY CENTER... 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 3938 9733 3938 9711 3908 9715 3909 9730 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 182DEG 36KT 3911 9724 HAIL 1.25IN $$ LEIGHTON
2 follow-up statements
139 WWUS53 KTOP 142307 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 607 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 KSC041-142317- /O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110414T2330Z/ DICKINSON- 607 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3912 9728 3938 9733 3938 9711 3912 9714 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 192DEG 41KT 3921 9719 $$ KSC027-142330- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110414T2330Z/ CLAY- 607 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY... AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF IDANA...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IDANA AND CLAY CENTER. 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 3912 9728 3938 9733 3938 9711 3912 9714 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 192DEG 41KT 3921 9719 HAIL 1.00IN $$ LEIGHTON
336 WWUS53 KTOP 142328 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 628 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 KSC027-142337- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110414T2330Z/ CLAY- 628 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3912 9728 3938 9733 3938 9711 3912 9714 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 192DEG 41KT 3943 9713 $$ LEIGHTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.