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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2015, 7:56 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 14, 2015, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:57 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 W Council Grove, KS | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 WFUS53 KTOP 150056 TORTOP KSC127-150130- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0026.150615T0056Z-150615T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 756 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED WEAK TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILSEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. 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 3877 9662 3870 9652 3859 9665 3866 9671 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 221DEG 13KT 3866 9665 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...0.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
862 WWUS53 KTOP 150111 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 811 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 KSC127-150130- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150615T0130Z/ MORRIS- 811 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 807 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNCIL GROVE LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3866 9658 3870 9663 3875 9660 3870 9652 TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 227DEG 19KT 3871 9657 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...0.00IN $$
685 WWUS53 KTOP 150122 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 822 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 KSC127-150132- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150615T0130Z/ MORRIS- 822 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3866 9658 3870 9663 3875 9660 3870 9652 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 227DEG 19KT 3875 9651 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 12:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 3:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 22 hr |
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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.