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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 5:59 PM CST for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 6, 2017, 5:59 PM CST (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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.
- 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.
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WFUS53 KTOP 062359
TORTOP
KSC197-070030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0004.170306T2359Z-170307T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
559 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CST
* At 559 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southeast of Volland, 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...
Eskridge around 615 PM CST.
Keene around 620 PM CST.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 342 and 345.
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 3883 9632 3882 9639 3883 9640 3897 9636
3908 9595 3885 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 254DEG 39KT 3888 9633
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BB1 follow-up statement
868
WWUS53 KTOP 070012
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
612 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC197-070030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170307T0030Z/
Wabaunsee-
612 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY...
At 611 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles northwest of Eskridge, and a separate area of
rotation capable of producing a tornado 4 miles north of Keene,
moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Keene around 620 PM CST.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 342 and 345.
LAT...LON 3883 9632 3882 9639 3901 9621 3908 9595
3885 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 266DEG 45KT 3888 9614
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
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, 5:37 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 | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.