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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2012, 8:44 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lyon County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1400 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
395 WFUS53 KTOP 290144 TORTOP KSC111-290215- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0008.120329T0144Z-120329T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 844 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LYON COUNTY...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERICUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LYON COUNTY BETWEEN AMERICUS AND ADMIRE... THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 145. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE EXPECTED TORNADO TRACK. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3864 9605 3852 9605 3853 9624 3863 9622 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 267DEG 8KT 3857 9618 HAIL 2.00IN $$
1 follow-up statement
375 WWUS53 KTOP 290156 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 856 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 KSC111-290215- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120329T0215Z/ LYON- 856 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LYON COUNTY... AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LYON COUNTY...OR 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LYON COUNTY 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ADMIRE... THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 144. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. FOUR CHASERS SAW A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ABOUT 832 PM CDT NORTH OF AMERICUS. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW...AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3853 9618 3863 9619 3864 9605 3852 9605 TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 261DEG 9KT 3855 9614 HAIL 2.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 11:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.