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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS

October 6, 2016Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 6, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

543 
WFUS53 KTOP 062146
TORTOP
KSC041-062215-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0029.161006T2146Z-161006T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
  CARLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  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...
  ABILENE AROUND 510 PM CDT. 
  ENTERPRISE AROUND 515 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 279 AND 280.
 
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 3882 9737 3896 9712 3878 9704 3871 9735
      3871 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 231DEG 23KT 3877 9733 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

GARGAN

3 follow-up statements

726 
WWUS53 KTOP 062158
SVSTOP

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

KSC041-062215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-161006T2215Z/
DICKINSON-
458 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DICKINSON COUNTY...
    
AT 457 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENTERPRISE AROUND 515 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 279 AND 280.
 
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 3882 9735 3896 9712 3879 9704 3875 9731
      3875 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 231DEG 22KT 3881 9726 

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

$$

GARGAN

302 
WWUS53 KTOP 062203
SVSTOP

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

KSC041-062215-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-161006T2215Z/
DICKINSON-
503 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DICKINSON COUNTY...
    
AT 502 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENTERPRISE AROUND 515 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MILE MARKER 280.
 
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 3888 9720 3896 9712 3881 9705 3878 9715
      3878 9719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 231DEG 23KT 3883 9722 

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

$$

GARGAN

535 
WWUS53 KTOP 062213
SVSTOP

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

KSC041-062222-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-161006T2215Z/
DICKINSON-
513 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DICKINSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

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

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

LAT...LON 3888 9720 3896 9712 3881 9705 3878 9715
      3878 9719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 231DEG 23KT 3887 9716 

$$

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, 4:40 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, 4:53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.