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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 6:05 PM CST for Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted.
765
WFUS53 KTOP 070005
TORTOP
KSC111-127-197-070030-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0005.170307T0005Z-170307T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
605 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Morris County in east central Kansas...
Southeastern Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
Northern Lyon County in east central Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CST
* At 605 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Council Grove, 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...
Council Grove near 608 PM. Dunlap around 615 PM CST. Bushong
around 625 PM CST. Allen and Admire around 630 PM CST.
This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 139 and 154.
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 3852 9662 3870 9658 3880 9642 3887 9595
3858 9595 3852 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 262DEG 38KT 3862 9651
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BB1 follow-up statement
190
WWUS53 KTOP 070015
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
615 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC111-127-197-070030-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170307T0030Z/
Morris-Wabaunsee-Lyon-
615 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS...SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE AND NORTHERN LYON
COUNTIES...
At 614 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near 4 miles northwest of Dunlap, and a separate area of
rotation capable of producing a tornado about 10 miles
southwest of Eskridge, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Bushong around 625 PM CST.
Allen and Admire around 630 PM CST.
This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 139 and 154.
LAT...LON 3852 9655 3873 9647 3881 9636 3887 9595
3858 9595 3852 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 262DEG 38KT 3862 9639
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 18 min |
| Mar 6, 7:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 18 min |
| Mar 6, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 3:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.