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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Topeka, KS

October 6, 2016Clay County, Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2016, 4:40 PM CDT for Clay County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 7 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, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Clay County, KS, Riley County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 4:42 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Clay Center, KS	LARGEST HAIL STONE IN PHOTO EVIDENCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES.
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.
Oct 6, 4:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sse Green, KS	REPORTED VIA SHERIFFS OFFICE GETTING READY TO CROSS HIGHWAY 24
Oct 6, 4:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sse Green, KS	REPORTED VIA SHERIFFS OFFICE GETTING READY TO CROSS HIGHWAY 24.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

957 
WFUS53 KTOP 062140
TORTOP
KSC027-161-062215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0028.161006T2140Z-161006T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 438 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLAY CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
   CLAY CENTER AROUND 445 PM CDT.
   GREEN AROUND 500 PM CDT.
   LEONARDVILLE AROUND 510 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 3926 9717 3933 9721 3955 9691 3931 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 242DEG 26KT 3932 9714 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

3 follow-up statements

633 
WWUS53 KTOP 062148
SVSTOP

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

KSC027-161-062215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-161006T2215Z/
CLAY-RILEY-
448 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTIES...
    
AT 447 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS 4 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  GREEN AROUND 500 PM CDT. 
  LEONARDVILLE AROUND 510 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3928 9713 3934 9714 3955 9691 3931 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 242DEG 25KT 3934 9708 

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

$$

588 
WWUS53 KTOP 062200
SVSTOP

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

KSC027-161-062215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-161006T2215Z/
CLAY-RILEY-
500 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTIES...
    
AT 459 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEONARDVILLE AROUND 510 PM CDT. 

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 3932 9704 3938 9708 3952 9689 3932 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 242DEG 25KT 3938 9698 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

484 
WWUS53 KTOP 062207
SVSTOP

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

KSC027-161-062216-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-161006T2215Z/
CLAY-RILEY-
507 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN RILEY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING...NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
DICKINSON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3932 9704 3938 9708 3952 9689 3932 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 242DEG 26KT 3940 9693 

$$

GARGAN

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, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Clay	26 min
Oct 6, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Marshall, Washington	27 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.