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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2015, 7:14 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2015, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Brown County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:41 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Robinson, KS | BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED. LASTED A FEW MINUTES AND HAS SINCE LIFTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
540
WFUS53 KTOP 160014
TORTOP
KSC013-160045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0022.150516T0014Z-150516T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
714 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 711 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES NORTH OF
WILLIS AT 711 PM.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROBINSON AROUND 735 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 STORM HAS A HISTORY OF A TORNADO. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3986 9536 3983 9533 3981 9533 3972 9548
3975 9555 3989 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 225DEG 14KT 3975 9550
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
939
WWUS53 KTOP 160027
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
727 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
KSC013-160045-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150516T0045Z/
BROWN-
727 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBINSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROBINSON AROUND 735 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO AND SEVERAL
FUNNEL CLOUDS. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3976 9544 3980 9551 3989 9545 3986 9536
3983 9533 3981 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 220DEG 15KT 3980 9545
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 13 min |
| May 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 28 min |
| May 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| May 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 36 min |
| May 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 47 min |
| May 16, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 24 min |
| May 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| May 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 13 min |
| May 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee | 50 min |
| May 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 64 min |
| May 16, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson | 47 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.