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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT for Geary County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Geary County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
565
WFUS53 KTOP 250213
TORTOP
KSC061-197-250245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0006.160425T0213Z-160425T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
913 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
EAST CENTRAL GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 912 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OGDEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE AND EAST CENTRAL GEARY COUNTIES.
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 3905 9667 3906 9650 3904 9650 3904 9640
3896 9640 3896 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 267DEG 23KT 3900 9664
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
971
WWUS53 KTOP 250223
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
923 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC061-197-250245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
WABAUNSEE-GEARY-
923 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WABAUNSEE AND EASTERN GEARY COUNTIES...
AT 923 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VOLLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE AND EASTERN GEARY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3905 9657 3905 9650 3904 9650 3904 9640
3896 9640 3896 9657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 266DEG 34KT 3901 9650
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$704
WWUS53 KTOP 250235 RRA
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
935 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
KSC061-197-250243-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
WABAUNSEE-GEARY-
935 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE AND EASTERN GEARY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
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. HOWEVER
SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEARY...SOUTHEASTERN RILEY AND NORTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM.
LAT...LON 3905 9657 3905 9650 3904 9650 3904 9640
3896 9640 3896 9657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 267DEG 23KT 3901 9642
$$The 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, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 25 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, 9:17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.