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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2015, 1:26 AM CDT for Douglas County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 min. 2 reports 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 26, 2015, 1:26 AM CDT (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2015, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Douglas County, KS, Osage County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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 26, 1:32 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Overbrook, KS | LARGE TREES DOWN IN OVERBROOK. |
| Jun 26, 1:32 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Overbrook, KS | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN OVERBROOK. |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 2319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452
WFUS53 KTOP 260626
TORTOP
KSC045-139-260645-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0027.150626T0626Z-150626T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
126 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 125 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARBONDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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 BE NEAR...
OVERBROOK AROUND 135 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 9549 3874 9550 3873 9550 3870 9553
3884 9570 3887 9566 3887 9559 3881 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 304DEG 31KT 3883 9562
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SANDERS1 follow-up statement
397
WWUS53 KTOP 260643
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
143 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
KSC045-139-260652-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150626T0645Z/
DOUGLAS-OSAGE-
143 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN
OSAGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 AM.
LAT...LON 3874 9549 3874 9550 3873 9550 3870 9553
3884 9570 3887 9566 3887 9559 3881 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 304DEG 31KT 3883 9562
$$
SANDERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 21 min |
| Jun 25, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 39 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.