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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS

October 6, 2016Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2016, 4:19 PM CDT for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Clay County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 95 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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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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 6, 4:37 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Se Idana, KS
Oct 6, 4:37 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Sw Clay Center, KS
Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 S Clay Center, KS	REPORTS A STRONG STOVEPIPE TORNADO
Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 S Clay Center, KS	REPORTS A STRONG STOVEPIPE TORNADO.
Oct 6, 4:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Sse Clay Center, KS	REPORTS TORNADO APPROX 1/4 MILE WIDE, WAS BECOMING RAIN-WRAPPED
Oct 6, 4:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Sse Clay Center, KS	REPORTS TORNADO APPROX 1/4 MILE WIDE, WAS BECOMING RAIN-WRAPPED.

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 144 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

735 
WFUS53 KTOP 062119
TORTOP
KSC027-062145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0026.161006T2119Z-161006T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
419 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
    
* AT 419 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER OAK HILL...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IDANA AROUND 435 PM CDT. 
  CLAY CENTER AROUND 445 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 3931 9737 3946 9719 3922 9700 3919 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 242DEG 26KT 3925 9735 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

392 
WWUS53 KTOP 062128
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
428 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

KSC027-062145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161006T2145Z/
CLAY-
428 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLAY COUNTY...
    
AT 428 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF IDANA...MOVING EAST 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...
  CLAY CENTER AROUND 440 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 3931 9732 3944 9717 3925 9702 3922 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 250DEG 29KT 3928 9724 

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

$$

The 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, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Dickinson	27 min
Oct 6, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Marshall, Washington	27 min
Oct 6, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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 Tornado observed	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.