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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2016, 7:03 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Dickinson County, KS, Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Niles, KS | |
| May 25, 7:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Niles, KS | |
| May 25, 7:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Solomon, KS | HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO CROSSING SOLOMON ROAD. |
| May 25, 7:29 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Solomon, KS | CAR OVERTURNED AND HOME DAMAGED |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted.
174
WFUS53 KTOP 260003
TORTOP
KSC041-143-260030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0012.160526T0003Z-160526T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
703 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...
NORTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 703 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NILES...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SOLOMON AROUND 725 PM CDT.
TALMAGE AROUND 730 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 270.
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 3907 9748 3902 9724 3889 9732 3892 9738
3893 9738 3893 9737 3896 9737 3896 9750
3897 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 285DEG 17KT 3900 9747
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GDP3 follow-up statements
455
WWUS53 KTOP 260009
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
709 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-143-260030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160526T0030Z/
OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
709 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA AND NORTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...
AT 707 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NILES...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR NILES AT 707 PM.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOLOMON AND NILES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 270.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3902 9724 3889 9732 3892 9738 3893 9738
3893 9737 3896 9737 3896 9750 3897 9753
3907 9746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 290DEG 15KT 3898 9746
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GDP116
WWUS53 KTOP 260015
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
715 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-143-260030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160526T0030Z/
OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
715 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA AND NORTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...
AT 713 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF NILES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED A QUARTER MILE WIDE TORNADO JUST
NORTHEAST OF NILES AT 713 PM.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOLOMON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 270.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3902 9724 3889 9732 3892 9738 3893 9738
3893 9737 3896 9737 3896 9750 3907 9746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 289DEG 14KT 3898 9744
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GDP815
WWUS53 KTOP 260026
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
726 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-143-260030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160526T0030Z/
OTTAWA-DICKINSON-
726 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA AND NORTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...
AT 723 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NILES APPROACHING
THE DICKINSON OTTAWA COUNTY BORDER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED A HALF MILE WIDE WEDGE TORNADO
ABOUT 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NILES...JUST CROSSING
SOLOMON ROAD.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOLOMON AND TALMAGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 270.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3902 9724 3889 9732 3892 9738 3893 9738
3893 9737 3896 9737 3896 9745 3906 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 274DEG 16KT 3899 9738
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
GDPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 32 min |
| May 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 50 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 38 min |
| May 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 36 min |
| May 25, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 21 min |
| May 25, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 33 min |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 24 min |
| May 25, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 43 min |
| May 25, 9:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 3 days |
| May 25, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 33 min |
| May 25, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| May 25, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 48 min |
| May 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| May 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 43 min |
| May 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| May 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 23 min |
| May 26, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 25 min |
| May 26, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 26, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 26, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 10 min |
| May 26, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 38 hr |
| May 26, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| May 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 25 min |
| May 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| May 26, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 51 min |
| May 26, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 31 min |
| May 26, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 41 min |
| May 26, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 11 min |
| May 26, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley | 7 hr |
| May 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 42 min |
| May 26, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 26, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| May 26, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| May 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 52 min |
| May 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha | 51 min |
| May 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| May 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| May 26, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 29 min |
| May 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha | 25 min |
| May 26, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 25 min |
| May 26, 4:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley and 2 more | 9 hr |
| May 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 51 min |
| May 26, 4:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 48 hr |
| May 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 22 min |
| May 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 37 min |
| May 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| May 26, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 4 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.