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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 6:19 PM CST for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 6, 2017, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Shawnee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:44 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Topeka, KS | REPORTED AT KSNT |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 3 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.
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WFUS53 KTOP 070019
TORTOP
KSC177-070045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0006.170307T0019Z-170307T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
619 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Shawnee County in east central Kansas...
* Until 645 PM CST
* At 619 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southeast of Willard, 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...
Topeka around 635 PM CST.
Tecumseh around 640 PM CST.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 between mile markers 346 and 355.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 166 and 188.
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 3887 9550 3887 9594 3909 9595 3910 9591
3913 9560 3907 9560 3905 9558 3907 9554
3907 9551 3905 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 255DEG 44KT 3904 9590
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BB2 follow-up statements
387
WWUS53 KTOP 070033
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
633 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC177-070045-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170307T0045Z/
Shawnee-
633 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SHAWNEE
COUNTY...
At 632 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Auburn, moving east at 65 mph. Other small
tornadoes may develop ahead of the line of storms from
Topeka...southwest to Auburn.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Pauline around 640 PM CST.
Topeka, Richland and Berryton around 645 PM CST.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 between mile markers 346 and 355.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 166 and 188.
LAT...LON 3887 9550 3887 9594 3909 9595 3910 9591
3913 9560 3907 9560 3905 9558 3907 9554
3907 9551 3905 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 264DEG 57KT 3890 9585
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Gargan110
WWUS53 KTOP 070037
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
637 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC177-070045-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170307T0045Z/
Shawnee-
637 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SHAWNEE
COUNTY...
At 636 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Auburn, moving east at 45 mph. Weak tornadoes may
develop ahead of a line of thunderstorms from Topeka...southwest to
Auburn.
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...
Pauline and Berryton around 645 PM CST.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 between mile markers 350 and 355.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 166 and 188.
LAT...LON 3887 9550 3887 9594 3905 9590 3911 9578
3913 9560 3907 9560 3905 9558 3907 9554
3907 9551 3905 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 265DEG 37KT 3890 9581
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GarganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.