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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2016, 4:18 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 6 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
- Oct 6, 2016, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Dickinson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 4:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 S Solomon, KS | PHOTO SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Oct 6, 4:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 S Solomon, KS | PHOTO SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Oct 6, 4:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | E Solomon, KS | PHOTO SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Oct 6, 4:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | Solomon, KS | PHOTO SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Oct 6, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abilene, KS | NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN |
| Oct 6, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abilene, KS | NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted.
732
WFUS53 KTOP 062118
TORTOP
KSC041-062145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0025.161006T2118Z-161006T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 418 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
SOLOMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
SOLOMON AROUND 430 PM CDT.
ABILENE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
ENTERPRISE AND MOONLIGHT AROUND 445 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 287.
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 3895 9737 3913 9709 3890 9693 3867 9737
3891 9737 3892 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 229DEG 26KT 3883 9739
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GARGAN2 follow-up statements
620
WWUS53 KTOP 062123
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
423 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
KSC041-062145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-161006T2145Z/
DICKINSON-
423 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 422 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF SOLOMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO AT 420 PM...1 MILE EAST
OF SOLOMON.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ABILENE AROUND 435 PM CDT.
ENTERPRISE AND MOONLIGHT AROUND 445 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 287.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW!
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 9737 3913 9709 3893 9695 3879 9737
3891 9737 3892 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 229DEG 27KT 3886 9734
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GARGAN892
WWUS53 KTOP 062132
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
432 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
KSC041-062145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-161006T2145Z/
DICKINSON-
432 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 430 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...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...
ENTERPRISE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
CHAPMAN AND MOONLIGHT AROUND 445 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES ABILENE AND INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 271 AND
287.
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 3896 9729 3913 9709 3893 9695 3883 9728
3891 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 231DEG 30KT 3890 9724
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GARGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Oct 5, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 30 min |
| Oct 5, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 36 min |
| Oct 5, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas | 28 min |
| Oct 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 32 min |
| Oct 6, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 12:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 45 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 41 min |
| Oct 6, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 47 min |
| Oct 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 16 min |
| Oct 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 41 min |
| Oct 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 15 min |
| Oct 6, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Lyon, Morris, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 19 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.