Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | E Belleville, KS | POWER POLES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF BELLEVILLE...DELAYED REPORT |
| Feb 28, 6:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Belleville, KS | POWER LINES DOWN IN BELLEVILLE. |
| Feb 28, 6:09 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Belleville, KS | FARM 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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
$$
BLAIR2 follow-up statements
695
WWUS53 KTOP 290017
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
617 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
KSC157-290030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0030Z/
REPUBLIC-
617 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY...
AT 614 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MUNDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUNDEN AND NARKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3998 9737 3997 9737 3991 9737 3981 9755
3986 9764 4000 9754 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 231DEG 35KT 3987 9755
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
BLAIR606
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
$$
BLAIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 7:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 8:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 8:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Feb 28, 8:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 47 min |
| Feb 28, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 14 min |
| Feb 29, 4:10 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Lyon, Morris, Ottawa | 14 hr |
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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.