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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

June 3, 2014Brown County, Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2014, 10:18 PM CDT for Brown County, Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 6 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: Jun 3, 2014, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Brown County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 10:30 PM CDT	TORNADO 3	4 W Bern, KS	* 2 INJ * ESTIMATED PEAK WIND OF 140MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 7.2 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 1000 YARDS.
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Bern, KS	* 1 INJ * UNKNOWN NUMBER OF HOMES DAMAGED ALONG A NARROW PATH FROM WEST OF BERN IN A SOUTHEASRLY DIRECTION. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT AT LEAST ONE HOME IS DESTROYED AND THERE HAS BEEN ONE INJURY SO FAR. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. TIME APPROXIMATED BASED O
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Bern, KS	UNKNOWN NUMBER OF HOMES DAMAGED ALONG A NARROW PATH FROM WEST OF BERN IN A SOUTHEASRLY DIRECTION. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. TIME APPROXIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	2 Ne Seneca, KS	REPORTED THE POWER WAS OUT.
Jun 3, 10:50 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Sabetha, KS
Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 W Sabetha, 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
Jun 3, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 1643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

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The text

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

128 
WFUS53 KTOP 040318
TORTOP
KSC013-117-131-040345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0004.140604T0318Z-140604T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1018 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1015 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF SUMMERFIELD...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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...
  BERN AND SENECA AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
  ONEIDA AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
  WOODLAWN AROUND 1045 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.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3989 9563 3967 9589 4000 9635 4001 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 310DEG 45KT 4000 9616

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

HENNECKE

1 follow-up statement

895 
WWUS53 KTOP 040333
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1033 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KSC117-040343-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140604T0345Z/
MARSHALL-
1033 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3972 9583 4000 9625 4001 9581 3989 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 302DEG 36KT 3995 9601

$$

KSC013-131-040345-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140604T0345Z/
NEMAHA-BROWN-
1033 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND
NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1031 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BERN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
  ONEIDA AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
  SABETHA AROUND 1045 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.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 9583 4000 9625 4001 9581 3989 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 302DEG 36KT 3995 9601

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HENNECKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha	50 min
Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	47 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	47 min
Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown	18 min
Jun 4, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Washington	45 min
Jun 4, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	36 min
Jun 4, 3:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Brown	2 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.