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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Topeka, KS

May 25, 2016Dickinson County, Geary County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2016, 8:27 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Geary County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2016, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.5 in

Counties Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1565 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

174 
WFUS53 KTOP 260127
TORTOP
KSC041-061-260200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0015.160526T0127Z-160526T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 827 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTH OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JUNCTION CITY AROUND 900 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 286 AND 299.
 
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 3892 9705 3902 9702 3903 9689 3904 9679
      3889 9685
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 281DEG 14KT 3895 9702 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

GDP
2 follow-up statements
768 
WWUS53 KTOP 260137
SVSTOP

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

KSC041-061-260200-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160526T0200Z/
GEARY-DICKINSON-
837 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GEARY AND NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...
    
AT 836 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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...
FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF JUNCTION CITY AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 287 AND 299.
 
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 3892 9701 3902 9701 3903 9689 3904 9679
      3889 9685
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 274DEG 20KT 3895 9694 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

GDP
392 
WWUS53 KTOP 260144
SVSTOP

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

KSC041-260153-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160526T0200Z/
DICKINSON-
844 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS  MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3904 9679 3889 9685 3890 9693 3897 9693
      3898 9694 3897 9695 3898 9695 3896 9696
      3902 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 277DEG 20KT 3894 9690 

$$

KSC061-260200-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160526T0200Z/
GEARY-
844 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY...
    
AT 843 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AREAS SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY.

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 3904 9679 3889 9685 3890 9693 3897 9693
      3898 9694 3897 9695 3898 9695 3896 9696
      3902 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 277DEG 20KT 3894 9690 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

GDP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa27 min
May 25, 7:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTOPDickinson32 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa50 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threatTOPDickinson38 min
May 25, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson36 min
May 25, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay21 min
May 25, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Geary24 min
May 25, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris43 min
May 25, 9:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPDickinson3 days
May 25, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee36 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris, Wabaunsee33 min
May 25, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee36 min
May 25, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary48 min
May 25, 10:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTOPOsage, Wabaunsee32 min
May 25, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown43 min
May 25, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee40 min
May 25, 11:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPDouglas23 min
May 26, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson34 min
May 26, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson25 min
May 26, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson23 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson31 min
May 26, 9:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson33 min
May 26, 9:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPJefferson30 min
May 26, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson10 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTOPPottawatomie25 min
May 26, 1:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTOPAnderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more38 hr
May 26, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee51 min
May 26, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee25 min
May 26, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee30 min
May 26, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley51 min
May 26, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee46 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPPottawatomie31 min
May 26, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown41 min
May 26, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington11 min
May 26, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie34 min
May 26, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley7 hr
May 26, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie42 min
May 26, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson38 min
May 26, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie48 min
May 26, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee32 min
May 26, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee52 min
May 26, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Nemaha51 min
May 26, 3:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson3 hr
May 26, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee36 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee26 min
May 26, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee29 min
May 26, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Nemaha25 min
May 26, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee25 min
May 26, 4:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley and 2 more9 hr
May 26, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee51 min
May 26, 4:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie48 hr
May 26, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson45 min
May 26, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee38 min
May 26, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage22 min
May 26, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Morris37 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee37 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson4 hr
May 26, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.