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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Topeka, KS

October 6, 2016Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2016, 5:07 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 6, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.

980 
WFUS53 KTOP 062207
TORTOP
KSC149-161-062230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0032.161006T2207Z-161006T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
    
* AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEONARDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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 525 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3936 9662 3935 9686 3945 9690 3957 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 254DEG 21KT 3939 9688 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

085 
WWUS53 KTOP 062217
SVSTOP

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

KSC149-161-062230-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-161006T2230Z/
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
517 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL RILEY AND WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...
    
AT 517 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER RANDOLPH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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
NORTH CENTRAL RILEY AND WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 9662 3936 9681 3947 9681 3954 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 253DEG 26KT 3942 9674 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

402 
WWUS53 KTOP 062230
SVSTOP

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

KSC149-161-062239-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-161006T2230Z/
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
530 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RILEY AND WEST CENTRAL
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND 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 NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL RILEY COUNTY AND NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3936 9662 3936 9681 3947 9681 3954 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 254DEG 21KT 3944 9666 

$$

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, 4:46 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, 5:24 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

Nearby

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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.