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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS

May 19, 2013Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2013, 5:33 PM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 19, 2013, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

County Lyon County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2013-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2013-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

299 
WFUS53 KTOP 192233
TORTOP
KSC111-192300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0006.130519T2233Z-130519T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
533 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  EMPORIA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
  AMERICUS...BUSHONG...ALLEN AND ADMIRE.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 141.

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 3837 9636 3852 9636 3874 9626 3874 9597
      3837 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 201DEG 37KT 3845 9627

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

PHILLIPS
1 follow-up statement
943 
WWUS53 KTOP 192242
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
542 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSC111-192253-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130519T2300Z/
LYON-
542 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. 

LAT...LON 3837 9636 3852 9636 3874 9626 3874 9597
      3837 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 201DEG 37KT 3854 9623

$$

PHILLIPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRepublic32 min
May 18, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPOttawa39 min
May 18, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa30 min
May 18, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa35 min
May 18, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDickinson26 min
May 18, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson48 min
May 18, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Republic, Washington20 min
May 18, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington42 min
May 18, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Republic, Washington39 min
May 18, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington33 min
May 18, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Marshall, Morris, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley and 2 more48 min
May 18, 11:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie19 min
May 18, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Jefferson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Shawnee and 1 more47 min
May 19, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha40 min
May 19, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPRiley18 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa39 min
May 19, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha35 min
May 19, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPWabaunsee24 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
May 19, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley50 min
May 19, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley66 min
May 19, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson48 min
May 19, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa49 min
May 19, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson45 min
May 19, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris43 min
May 19, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson36 min
May 19, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee49 min
May 19, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary, Riley39 min
May 19, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee29 min
May 19, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee49 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson33 min
May 19, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington22 min
May 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee48 min
May 19, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey47 min
May 19, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee52 min
May 19, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee44 min
May 19, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin51 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.