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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2015, 7:44 PM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2015, 7:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Brown County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
792
WFUS53 KTOP 160044
TORTOP
KSC013-160115-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0023.150516T0044Z-150516T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
744 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 741 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBINSON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO AT 740 PM JUST WEST OF
ROBINSON. IT HAS SINCE GONE UP THE CLOUD BUT COULD TOUCH DOWN AGAIN.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN BROWN
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 3990 9534 3990 9533 3985 9533 3983 9537
3982 9543 3986 9544 3999 9534 3998 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 220DEG 15KT 3986 9539
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
692
WWUS53 KTOP 160057
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
757 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
KSC013-160106-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150516T0115Z/
BROWN-
757 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
POSES A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. SO THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
NORTHEAST BROWN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED.
LAT...LON 3990 9534 3990 9533 3985 9533 3983 9537
3982 9543 3986 9544 3999 9534 3998 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 220DEG 15KT 3990 9534
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.