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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS

May 25, 2016Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
May 25, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 14 Ese Minneapolis, KS
May 25, 6:43 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Bennington, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

252 
WFUS53 KTOP 252329
TORTOP
KSC143-260000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0011.160525T2329Z-160526T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
629 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF BENNINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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...
  BENNINGTON AROUND 645 PM 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 3913 9767 3913 9746 3896 9749 3896 9753
      3899 9772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 280DEG 13KT 3904 9767 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

GDP
1 follow-up statement
166 
WWUS53 KTOP 252345
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
645 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

KSC143-260000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160526T0000Z/
OTTAWA-
645 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...
    
AT 643 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BENNINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

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 STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
OTTAWA COUNTY BETWEEN BENNINGTON AND NILES THROUGH 7 PM.

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 3912 9761 3913 9746 3896 9749 3896 9753
      3899 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 280DEG 13KT 3903 9760 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

GDP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa, Republic49 min
May 24, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary37 min
May 24, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington48 min
May 24, 10:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa3 hr
May 24, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley and 1 more50 min
May 24, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley, Washington41 min
May 24, 11:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Republic, Washington3 hr
May 24, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee35 min
May 25, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPLyon, Osage, Shawnee28 min
May 25, 12:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOttawa8 days
May 25, 12:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa, Saline6 days
May 25, 12:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPCloud51 hr
May 25, 12:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPClay5 days
May 25, 10:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPOttawa, Saline3 days
May 25, 12:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPMarshall20 hr
May 25, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa58 min
May 25, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOttawa25 min
May 25, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa50 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.