Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2012, 5:31 PM CST for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 28, 2012, 5:31 PM CST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 5:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Jamestown, KS | POSSIBLE TORNADO...2 LARGE TREES UPROOTED...TIN WRAPPED AROUND TREES...10X40 METAL BUILDING DESTROYED...CARS DAMAGED BY FLYING DEBRIS...PARTIAL BARN ROOF DAMAGED...DELAYED REPORT |
| Feb 28, 5:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Jamestown, KS | POSSIBLE TORNADO...SIX TREES TOPS SHEARED OFF...UPROOTED TREE...LIMBS ACROSS THE ROAD |
| Feb 28, 5:38 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Nw Jamestown, KS | EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN FAR NORTHWEST CLOUD COUNTY VIA DAMAGE REPORTS FROM SURVEY TEAM AND MULTIPLE PUBLIC REPORTS. TORNADO LIKELY ENTERED FROM THE JEWELL-CLOUD COUNTY LINE...4 WNW JAMESTOWN...AND ENDED 4 NW JAMESTOWN. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 2.5 MILES. EVENT O |
| Feb 28, 6:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Belleville, KS | SOME ROOFS OF OUTBUILDINGS BLOWN OFF |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
927
WFUS53 KTOP 282331
TORTOP
KSC029-157-290000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0001.120228T2331Z-120229T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
531 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 530 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
JAMESTOWN...OR 16 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...
COURTLAND...
NORWAY...
SCANDIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3979 9794 3987 9781 3979 9759 3964 9761
3951 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 237DEG 36KT 3960 9794
HAIL 1.25IN
$$
BLAIR1 follow-up statement
851
WWUS53 KTOP 282349
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
549 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
KSC029-282359-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/
CLOUD-
549 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3987 9781 3979 9759 3965 9761 3965 9793
3979 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 229DEG 39KT 3971 9776
$$
KSC157-290000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/
REPUBLIC-
549 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY...
AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWAY...OR 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORWAY.
SCANDIA.
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 NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3987 9781 3979 9759 3965 9761 3965 9793
3979 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 229DEG 39KT 3971 9776
HAIL <.75IN
$$
BLAIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 16 min |
| Feb 28, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 36 min |
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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.