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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 5:37 PM CST for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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, 5:37 PM CST (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Pottawatomie County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5:37 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 3 N Louisville, KS | VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF TORNADO. TORNADO CAUSED NO KNOWN DAMAGE. |
| Mar 6, 5:46 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 Sw Belvue, KS | SPIN UP ON THE GROUND REPORTED |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
825
WFUS53 KTOP 062337
TORTOP
KSC149-070015-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0002.170306T2337Z-170307T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
537 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 615 PM CST
* At 537 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles north of Louisville, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Emmett around 555 PM CST.
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 9604 3920 9622 3921 9624 3918 9627
3920 9630 3919 9632 3916 9633 3915 9635
3917 9636 3916 9637 3919 9641 3919 9646
3917 9646 3917 9648 3918 9648 3917 9649
3918 9649 3918 9651 3929 9648 3944 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 259DEG 38KT 3930 9629
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BB1 follow-up statement
510
WWUS53 KTOP 062358
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
558 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC149-070015-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170307T0015Z/
Pottawatomie-
558 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...
At 557 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near St. Marys, moving east at 45 mph. A separate
tornado was located in northern Wabaunsee county and may impact
southern Pottawatomie county.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Pottawatomie County.
LAT...LON 3920 9619 3929 9618 3936 9604 3922 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 255DEG 39KT 3925 9607
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BBThe 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, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 29 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 | 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.