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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2018, 4:11 PM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- May 2, 2018, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Cloud County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
659
WFUS53 KTOP 022111
TORTOP
KSC029-022200-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0017.180502T2111Z-180502T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
411 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Cloud County in north central Kansas...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 411 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Miltonvale, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
Miltonvale around 425 PM CDT.
Aurora around 430 PM CDT.
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 3964 9747 3955 9737 3936 9737 3930 9754
3931 9764 3940 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 220DEG 22KT 3934 9760
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Cohen2 follow-up statements
646
WWUS53 KTOP 022126
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
426 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
KSC029-022200-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-180502T2200Z/
Cloud-
426 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
CLOUD COUNTY...
At 425 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Miltonvale, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Cloud County.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for other
portions of Cloud County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3964 9747 3955 9737 3936 9737 3930 9754
3934 9756 3943 9755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 244DEG 27KT 3939 9746
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Cohen623
WWUS53 KTOP 022151
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
451 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
KSC029-022201-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-180502T2200Z/
Cloud-
451 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLOUD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM
CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for north central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3964 9747 3955 9737 3936 9737 3930 9754
3934 9756 3943 9755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 220DEG 22KT 3951 9733
$$
CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 30 min |
| May 1, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 38 min |
| May 1, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 36 min |
| May 1, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 34 min |
| May 1, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 41 min |
| May 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 1, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley, Washington | 57 min |
| May 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 45 min |
| May 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 47 min |
| May 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 35 min |
| May 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| May 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 43 min |
| May 1, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 36 min |
| May 1, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 1, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 45 min |
| May 1, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| May 1, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 36 min |
| May 1, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 33 min |
| May 1, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 35 min |
| May 1, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 35 min |
| May 1, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 37 min |
| May 1, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 25 min |
| May 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 26 min |
| May 2, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| May 2, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 31 min |
| May 2, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 30 min |
| May 2, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 2, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 12 more | 18 hr |
| May 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 12 min |
| May 2, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 11 min |
| May 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 64 min |
| May 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 38 min |
| May 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 52 min |
| May 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 47 min |
| May 2, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 46 min |
| May 2, 4:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| May 2, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 65 min |
| May 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 43 min |
| May 2, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 57 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Riley, Washington | 47 min |
| May 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 67 min |
| May 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Geary, Morris | 53 min |
| May 2, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 41 min |
| May 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 57 min |
| May 2, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 52 min |
| May 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 30 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.