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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2017, 6:30 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 30 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, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 070030
TORTOP
KSC111-139-177-197-070100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0007.170307T0030Z-170307T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
630 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Shawnee County in east central Kansas...
Southeastern Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas...
Osage County in east central Kansas...
Northern Lyon County in east central Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CST
* At 629 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Allen, 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...
Osage City around 655 PM CST.
Lyndon and Pomona Lake around 700 PM CST.
This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 137 and 166.
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 3869 9551 3853 9551 3852 9627 3887 9604
3889 9550 3870 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 266DEG 43KT 3860 9617
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BB1 follow-up statement
175
WWUS53 KTOP 070050
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
650 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
KSC111-139-177-197-070100-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170307T0100Z/
Shawnee-Wabaunsee-Osage-Lyon-
650 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN
WABAUNSEE...OSAGE AND NORTHERN LYON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM
CST...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for east central
Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3869 9551 3853 9551 3852 9627 3887 9604
3889 9550 3870 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 266DEG 43KT 3862 9587
$$
BBThe 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, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 26 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.