Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2014, 6:11 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 1, 2014, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217
WFUS53 KTOP 012311
TORTOP
KSC029-157-201-012345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0003.140601T2311Z-140601T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
611 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 606 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLEVILLE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
AGENDA AROUND 620 PM CDT.
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 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3985 9715 3960 9716 3965 9766 3983 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 276DEG 33KT 3973 9752
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BOWEN2 follow-up statements
078
WWUS53 KTOP 012326
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
626 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
KSC029-157-201-012345-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140601T2345Z/
REPUBLIC-CLOUD-WASHINGTON-
626 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...
NORTHEASTERN CLOUD AND SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR AGENDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
CLOUD...SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC AND WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3983 9750 3985 9715 3960 9716 3963 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 276DEG 33KT 3971 9734
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BOWEN281 WWUS53 KTOP 012344 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 644 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 KSC029-157-201-012352- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140601T2345Z/ REPUBLIC-CLOUD-WASHINGTON- 644 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN CLOUD AND SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... THE STRONG ROTATION INDICATED BY RADAR HAS WEAKENED IN THE PAST SEVERAL MINUTES...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 7 PM CDT. WEAK TORNADOES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. LAT...LON 3983 9750 3985 9715 3960 9716 3963 9751 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 276DEG 33KT 3969 9715 $$ BOWEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington | 46 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.