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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- May 19, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Dunlap, KS | ROPE TORNADO LASTED ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE LIFTING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KTOP 200101
TORTOP
KSC127-200130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0014.170520T0101Z-170520T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
801 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Morris County in east central Kansas...
* Until 830 PM CDT
* At 801 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles south of Council Grove, moving northeast at 25
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...
Dunlap around 825 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3856 9659 3868 9639 3862 9635 3853 9636
3852 9638 3852 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 234DEG 22KT 3854 9654
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
048
WWUS53 KTOP 200120
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
820 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
KSC127-200130-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170520T0130Z/
Morris-
820 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY...
At 816 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 4 miles west of
Dunlap, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Storm chaser confirmed tornado touchdown 4 west of Dunlap
at 909 PM. The tornado lasted around 2 minutes before
lifting.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Dunlap around 825 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9639 3862 9635 3856 9636 3854 9645
3861 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 230DEG 21KT 3859 9644
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$773
WWUS53 KTOP 200129
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
829 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
KSC127-200139-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170520T0130Z/
Morris-
829 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3868 9639 3862 9635 3856 9636 3854 9645
3861 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 234DEG 22KT 3863 9637
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 34 min |
| May 19, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 33 min |
| May 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 4 hr |
| May 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 30 min |
| May 19, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 8 days |
| May 19, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 5 days |
| May 19, 9:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 46 hr |
| May 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 56 hr |
| May 19, 11:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 5 days |
| May 20, 4:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 54 hr |
| May 20, 8:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 32 hr |
| May 20, 9:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 54 hr |
| May 20, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa, Saline | 67 hr |
| May 20, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa, Saline | 4 days |
| May 20, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 49 hr |
| May 20, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 17 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.