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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS

March 6, 20174 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 5:31 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 9 reports 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: Mar 6, 2017, 5:31 PM CST (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Geary County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 6, 5:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	9 S Manhattan, KS	SEMI OVERTURNED NEAR EXIT 313 AT 177 AND I-70.
Mar 6, 5:35 PM CST	TORNADO 0	9 Sse Manhattan, KS	SEMI OVERTURNED IN GEARY COUNTY NEAR EXIT 313 AT 177 AND I-70.
Mar 6, 5:36 PM CST	TORNADO 0	3 S St. George, KS	INTERMITTENT TORNADO TRACKED FROM NEAR 3 MILES S OF ST GEORGE TO 2 MILES S OF WAMEGO TO 3 MILES SW OF BELVUE TO 2 MILES SW OF ST MARYS WITH VISIBLE REPORTS OF THE TORNADO AT ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS. NO STRUCTURES WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO. THE INTE
Mar 6, 5:46 PM CST	TORNADO 0	4 N Volland, KS	VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A WEAK TORNADO AT THIS POINT. NO DAMAGE REPORTED AND NO STRUCTURES IMPACTED. VIDEO EVIDENCE SUPPORTS A TRACK OF 1 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE...ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO BEGAN PRIOR TO THE START OF THE VIDEO AND CONTINUED AFTER THE END. WITH NO DA
Mar 6, 5:46 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Sw Belvue, KS	SPIN UP ON THE GROUND REPORTED
Mar 6, 5:58 PM CST	TORNADO	1 W Paxico, KS	TORNADO REPORTED NEAR AROUND I 70 NEAR EXIT 331
Mar 6, 5:59 PM CST	TORNADO 0	1 Ne Paxico, KS	THIS IS NOW PART OF THE WEAK TORNADO TRACK THAT EXTENDS FROM 1 MILE WEST OF PAXICO TO THIS LOCATION.
Mar 6, 5:59 PM CST	TORNADO 0	1 W Paxico, KS	WEAK EF0 TORNADO FIRST REPORTED NEAR AROUND I 70 NEAR EXIT 331. REMOVED A BARN ROOF ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF PAXICO.
Mar 6, 6:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Paxico, KS	DELAYED REPORT. ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A BARN.

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
Mar 6, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 476 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

442 
WFUS53 KTOP 062331
TORTOP
KSC061-149-161-197-070000-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
531 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Geary County in east central Kansas...
  Southeastern Riley County in northeastern Kansas...
  Northwestern Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
  Southeastern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CST
    
* At 531 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located 8 miles southeast of Ogden, moving east-
  northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  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...
  Alma around 545 PM CST. 
  Wamego and McFarland around 550 PM CST. 
  Paxico around 555 PM CST. 
  Belvue around 600 PM CST. 

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 308 and 337.
 
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 3895 9661 3906 9668 3929 9617 3906 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 249DEG 47KT 3904 9657 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Gargan

1 follow-up statement

036 
WWUS53 KTOP 062339
SVSTOP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
539 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

KSC061-149-161-197-070000-
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Geary-Riley-Wabaunsee-Pottawatomie-
539 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL GEARY...SOUTHEASTERN RILEY...NORTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...
    
At 538 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located 8 miles northwest of Volland, moving east-northeast at 
50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado. 

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...
  Wamego, Alma and McFarland around 550 PM CST. 
  Paxico around 555 PM CST. 
  Belvue around 600 PM CST. 

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 311 and 337.
 
LAT...LON 3896 9657 3909 9661 3929 9617 3906 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 255DEG 45KT 3906 9647 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Gargan

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 1:40 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	20 hr
Mar 6, 2:42 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	29 hr
Mar 6, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall	39 min
Mar 6, 5:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	49 min
Mar 6, 5:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	52 min
Mar 6, 5:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Nemaha	51 min
Mar 6, 5:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	38 min
Mar 6, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie	55 min
Mar 6, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	37 min
Mar 6, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	37 min
Mar 6, 5:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	32 min
Mar 6, 5:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.