Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

May 6, 2015, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

19 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

0.0 in

County Republic County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS53 KTOP 070041
TORTOP
KSC157-070100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0008.150507T0041Z-150507T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
741 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWAY...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  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.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLEVILLE AROUND 755 PM CDT.

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 3991 9777 3987 9750 3969 9775 3969 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 213DEG 33KT 3972 9777

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

329 
WWUS53 KTOP 070052
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
752 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSC157-070100-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150507T0100Z/
REPUBLIC-
752 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 750 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR SCANDIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS 
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. 

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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
REPUBLIC 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 3979 9780 3991 9777 3987 9750 3977 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 213DEG 33KT 3980 9770

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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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.