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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2015, 6:23 PM CDT for Brown County, Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 15, 2015, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
141
WFUS53 KTOP 152323
TORTOP
KSC013-085-152345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0020.150515T2323Z-150515T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
623 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 621 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF
NETAWAKA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN JACKSON
AND SOUTH CENTRAL BROWN COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF HORTON.
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 3971 9556 3966 9553 3965 9554 3965 9556
3963 9556 3960 9562 3959 9570 3971 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 216DEG 14KT 3961 9566
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Republic | 24 min |
| May 15, 8:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 27 min |
| May 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 31 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.