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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 6, 2015Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2015, 5:29 PM CDT for Johnson County, Miami 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
Jul 6, 2015, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2015-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2015-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1151 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 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.

666 
WFUS53 KEAX 062229
TOREAX
KSC091-121-062300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0029.150706T2229Z-150706T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
529 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
    
* AT 529 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EDGERTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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...
  SPRING HILL AROUND 540 PM CDT.
  OVERLAND PARK AND LOUISBURG AROUND 550 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 206.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9506 3884 9506 3884 9461 3862 9461
      3862 9506 3869 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 270DEG 37KT 3873 9498 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
013 
WWUS53 KEAX 062242
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
542 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

KSC091-121-062300-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-150706T2300Z/
JOHNSON-MIAMI-
542 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTIES...
    
AT 542 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SPRING HILL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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...
  OVERLAND PARK AND LOUISBURG AROUND 550 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 206.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3884 9492 3884 9461 3862 9461 3862 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 270DEG 37KT 3873 9480 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BLAIR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte60 hr
Jul 6, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth71 hr
Jul 6, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth3 days
Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXMiami4 days
Jul 6, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn5 days
Jul 6, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth38 min
Jul 6, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth, Wyandotte57 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth4 hr
Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte39 min
Jul 6, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte4 hr
Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte30 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson24 min
Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami, Wyandotte46 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.