Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- May 6, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Courtland, KS | REPORTED ON GROUND BY PUBLIC AT 515PM. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113
WFUS53 KTOP 062204
TORTOP
KSC157-062230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0002.150506T2204Z-150506T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
504 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORMOSO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HEN EGG 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 NORTHWESTERN
REPUBLIC COUNTY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9781 4000 9780 3987 9787 3985 9787
3982 9788 3974 9792 3974 9793 4000 9794
4001 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 194DEG 31KT 3981 9795
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
SANDERS1 follow-up statement
237
WWUS53 KTOP 062218
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
518 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
KSC157-062230-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150506T2230Z/
REPUBLIC-
518 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 515 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REPUBLIC...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO 3 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF REPUBLIC.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9781 4000 9780 3988 9787 3988 9793
4000 9794 4001 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 205DEG 34KT 3992 9787
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SANDERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 20 min |
| May 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 34 min |
| May 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 38 min |
| May 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 49 min |
| May 6, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.