Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2012, 7:57 PM CST for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 7:57 PM CST (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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, 7:57 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Sse Herington, KS | ALSO REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS |
| Feb 28, 8:20 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Wilsey, KS | |
| Feb 28, 8:20 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | 6 W Council Grove, KS | |
| Feb 28, 8:25 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 6 Sw Council Grove, KS |
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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
328
WFUS53 KTOP 290157
TORTOP
KSC127-290230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0003.120229T0157Z-120229T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
757 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 753 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BURDICK...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF HERINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURDICK...
WILSEY...
COUNCIL GROVE LAKE...
COUNCIL GROVE...
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 3852 9694 3861 9694 3862 9693 3870 9679
3876 9660 3873 9640 3852 9646 3852 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 239DEG 47KT 3848 9689
HAIL 1.25IN
$$
BLAIR3 follow-up statements
020
WWUS53 KTOP 290208
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
808 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
KSC127-290230-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T0230Z/
MORRIS-
808 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MORRIS COUNTY...
AT 802 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE CENTER OF ROTATION WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BURDICK...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILSEY...COUNCIL GROVE LAKE AND COUNCIL GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW!
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 9694 3861 9694 3862 9693 3870 9679
3876 9660 3873 9640 3852 9646 3852 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 237DEG 47KT 3855 9675
HAIL 2.00IN
$$
BLAIR852
WWUS53 KTOP 290214
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
814 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
KSC127-290230-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T0230Z/
MORRIS-
814 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MORRIS COUNTY...
AT 810 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF
WILSEY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COUNCIL GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COUNCIL GROVE LAKE AND COUNCIL GROVE.
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 3852 9646 3852 9681 3862 9683 3871 9677
3876 9660 3873 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 237DEG 47KT 3860 9665
HAIL 1.75IN
$$
BLAIR369
WWUS53 KTOP 290231
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
831 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
KSC127-290240-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T0230Z/
MORRIS-
831 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 830 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
ROTATION WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM AS IT
MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS MORRIS...WABAUNSEE AND NORTHERN LYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 9646 3852 9681 3862 9683 3871 9677
3876 9660 3873 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 237DEG 47KT 3860 9665
$$
BLAIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 20 min |
| 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, 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.