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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS

May 28, 2013Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2013, 4:55 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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: May 28, 2013, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.75 in

County Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 2:23 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.4
Supercell composite: 25.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

070 
WFUS53 KTOP 282155
TORTOP
KSC131-282245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0011.130528T2155Z-130528T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
455 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GOFF...AND   
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR 
CORNING...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOFF AND WOODLAWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3984 9582 3959 9583 3963 9607 3976 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 269DEG 6KT 3967 9595

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

LEIGHTON

2 follow-up statements

303 
WWUS53 KTOP 282209
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
509 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSC131-282245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130528T2245Z/
NEMAHA-
509 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 506 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GOFF...AND 
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST 
OF CORNING.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 
JUST WEST OF GOFF AT 504 PM.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOFF AND CORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3984 9582 3959 9583 3963 9607 3976 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 267DEG 6KT 3967 9592

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

LEIGHTON

701 
WWUS53 KTOP 282227
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
527 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSC131-282245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130528T2245Z/
NEMAHA-
527 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 523 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GOFF...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODLAWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3984 9582 3963 9583 3966 9607 3976 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 267DEG 6KT 3967 9588

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

LEIGHTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud	47 min
May 27, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	51 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	37 min
May 27, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Cloud, Washington	32 min
May 27, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	27 min
May 27, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	32 min
May 27, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Republic	31 min
May 27, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	26 min
May 27, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Marshall	24 min
May 27, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Washington	37 min
May 27, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	34 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown, Jackson	30 min
May 27, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Nemaha	26 min
May 27, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	3 hr
May 27, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Brown	33 min
May 28, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	5 days
May 28, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Anderson	23 min
May 28, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Franklin	27 min
May 28, 2:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	16 hr
May 28, 3:27 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic	26 hr
May 28, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	44 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Nemaha	33 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Nemaha	42 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	3 hr
May 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Ottawa	30 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	26 min
May 28, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	52 min
May 28, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	29 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay	40 min
May 28, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown	34 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	46 min
May 28, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	39 min
May 28, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	34 min
May 28, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	25 min
May 28, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	23 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	4 hr
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Cloud, Republic, Washington	32 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	47 min
May 28, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Ottawa	31 min
May 28, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	26 min
May 28, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa	4 hr
May 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	34 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	47 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.