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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

February 28, 2012Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2012, 6:04 PM CST for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 min. 3 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, 6:04 PM CST (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2012, 6:24 PM CST
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 28, 6:06 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGE Belleville, KSPOWER POLES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF BELLEVILLE...DELAYED REPORT
Feb 28, 6:07 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGBelleville, KSPOWER LINES DOWN IN BELLEVILLE.
Feb 28, 6:09 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Belleville, KSFARM SHEDS DAMAGED...DELAYED REPORT

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-02-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-02-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 519 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
519 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

032 
WFUS53 KTOP 290004
TORTOP
KSC157-290030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0002.120229T0004Z-120229T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
604 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 603 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BELLEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLEVILLE...
  MUNDEN...
  NARKA...

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 3998 9737 3997 9736 3997 9737 3991 9737
      3975 9764 3981 9774 4000 9754 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 231DEG 35KT 3980 9766
HAIL <.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
695 
WWUS53 KTOP 290017
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
617 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC157-290030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0030Z/
REPUBLIC-
617 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY...

AT 614 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 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
MUNDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUNDEN AND NARKA.

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 3998 9737 3997 9737 3991 9737 3981 9755
      3986 9764 4000 9754 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 231DEG 35KT 3987 9755
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

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606 
WWUS53 KTOP 290024
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
624 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC157-290033-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0030Z/
REPUBLIC-
624 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 623 PM CST...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 NORTHEAST 
REPUBLIC COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CST.

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 3998 9737 3997 9737 3991 9737 3981 9755
      3986 9764 4000 9754 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 231DEG 35KT 3991 9748

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:50 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa25 min
Feb 28, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington44 min
Feb 28, 7:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic34 min
Feb 28, 7:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPMorris33 min
Feb 28, 8:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall34 min
Feb 28, 8:17 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWashington28 min
Feb 28, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee47 min
Feb 28, 8:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTOPMarshall27 min
Feb 28, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee42 min
Feb 28, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson39 min
Feb 28, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee36 min
Feb 28, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin47 min
Feb 28, 10:10 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPDouglas14 min
Feb 29, 4:10 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Lyon, Morris, Ottawa14 hr

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.