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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

April 26, 2016Lyon County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 3:23 PM CDT for Lyon County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2016, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Lyon County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.

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 26, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 1934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 22.6

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The text

As transmitted.

756 
WFUS53 KTOP 262023
TORTOP
KSC111-197-262100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0007.160426T2023Z-160426T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
323 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
    
* AT 323 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR BUSHONG...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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...
  ESKRIDGE AROUND 350 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3864 9615 3863 9633 3898 9629 3889 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 192DEG 23KT 3869 9626 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

GDP

2 follow-up statements

432 
WWUS53 KTOP 262050
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC111-262059-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/
LYON-
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LYON 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 900 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3876 9608 3878 9631 3898 9629 3889 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 192DEG 23KT 3885 9622 

$$

KSC197-262100-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/
WABAUNSEE-
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY...
    
AT 349 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ESKRIDGE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN WABAUSEE
COUNTY. 

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 3876 9608 3878 9631 3898 9629 3889 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 192DEG 23KT 3885 9622 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

GDP

432 
WWUS53 KTOP 262057
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
357 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC197-262106-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/
WABAUNSEE-
357 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 400 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...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 EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

REMEMBER...OTHER TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3876 9608 3878 9631 3898 9629 3889 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 192DEG 23KT 3885 9622 

$$

GDP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Washington	48 min
Apr 26, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	55 min
Apr 26, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	35 min
Apr 26, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	46 min
Apr 26, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	39 min
Apr 26, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	59 min
Apr 26, 4:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Republic	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	45 min
Apr 26, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	48 min
Apr 26, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	40 min
Apr 26, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Washington	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	67 min
Apr 26, 5:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	Marshall	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	4 hr
Apr 26, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	27 min
Apr 26, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson	54 min
Apr 26, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	13 min
Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	20 min
Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	38 min
Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	45 min
Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	43 min
Apr 26, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	52 min
Apr 26, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 26, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee	30 min
Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee	42 min
Apr 26, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	35 min
Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	47 min
Apr 26, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	44 min
Apr 26, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee	36 min
Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	50 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	3 hr
Apr 26, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	33 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	3 hr
Apr 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	35 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	25 min
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	45 min
Apr 26, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Riley, Washington	31 min
Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Shawnee	37 min
Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	46 min
Apr 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	31 min
Apr 26, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Washington	15 min
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley	11 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee	8 min
Apr 26, 5:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	3 days
Apr 26, 5:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	Marshall	36 hr
Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	19 min
Apr 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Shawnee	48 min
Apr 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Republic	48 min
Apr 26, 6:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Republic	4 hr
Apr 26, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris	43 min
Apr 26, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Osage, Wabaunsee	4 hr

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.