Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT for Geary County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Geary County, KS, Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Sse Milford, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
064
WFUS53 KTOP 250035
TORTOP
KSC061-161-250100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0004.160425T0035Z-160425T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
735 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 734 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN MILFORD LAKE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
MILFORD AROUND 740 PM CDT.
OGDEN AROUND 755 PM CDT.
SOUTHWESTERN MANHATTAN AROUND 800 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 3912 9664 3905 9696 3915 9696 3926 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 235DEG 25KT 3910 9693
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GARGAN1 follow-up statement
912
WWUS53 KTOP 250051
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
751 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC061-250100-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160425T0100Z/
GEARY-
751 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3922 9672 3912 9664 3909 9678 3909 9685
3910 9685 3913 9683 3914 9683 3914 9685
3915 9685
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 257DEG 26KT 3913 9679
$$
KSC161-250100-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160425T0100Z/
RILEY-
751 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTY...
AT 750 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OGDEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
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...
SOUTHWESTERN MANHATTAN AND OGDEN AROUND 800 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 3922 9672 3912 9664 3909 9678 3909 9685
3910 9685 3913 9683 3914 9683 3914 9685
3915 9685
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 257DEG 26KT 3913 9679
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GARGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 22 min |
| Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 8:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 29 hr |
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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.