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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Topeka, KS

October 4, 2016Clay County, Riley County, Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT for Clay County, Riley County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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: Oct 4, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2016, 6:49 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Clay County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

027 
WFUS53 KTOP 042328
TORTOP
KSC027-161-201-050000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0023.161004T2328Z-161005T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
628 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
  RANDOLPH AROUND 650 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 3957 9681 3957 9676 3942 9674 3936 9710
      3949 9712 3965 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 239DEG 28KT 3943 9702 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SANDERS

3 follow-up statements

718 
WWUS53 KTOP 042335
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
635 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSC027-161-201-050000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
CLAY-WASHINGTON-RILEY-
635 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY
COUNTIES...
    
AT 635 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY
COUNTIES.

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 3957 9681 3957 9676 3950 9675 3940 9708
      3950 9710 3965 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 235DEG 27KT 3948 9698 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SANDERS

342 
WWUS53 KTOP 042344
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
644 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSC027-042352-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
CLAY-
644 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY 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 NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3957 9681 3957 9676 3950 9675 3944 9696
      3957 9696 3965 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 236DEG 28KT 3953 9691 

$$

KSC161-201-050000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-RILEY-
644 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTIES...
    
AT 642 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTIES.

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 3957 9681 3957 9676 3950 9675 3944 9696
      3957 9696 3965 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 236DEG 28KT 3953 9691 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SANDERS

564 
WWUS53 KTOP 042349
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
649 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

KSC161-201-042358-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161005T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-RILEY-
649 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN
RILEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3957 9681 3957 9676 3950 9675 3944 9696
      3957 9696 3965 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 239DEG 28KT 3956 9685 

$$

SANDERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Dickinson	31 min
Oct 4, 9:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Riley	32 min
Oct 4, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	45 min
Oct 4, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Washington	39 min
Oct 4, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	49 min
Oct 4, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	43 min
Oct 4, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Riley, Washington	27 min
Oct 4, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	51 min
Oct 4, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	22 min
Oct 4, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa	52 min
Oct 4, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa	34 min
Oct 4, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Riley, Washington	42 min
Oct 4, 5:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Ottawa	3 hr
Oct 4, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson, Ottawa	35 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2016 Every tornado warning in 2016 Tornadoes in 2016

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.