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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2020, 6:26 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 22, 2020, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Marshall County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
796
WFUS53 KTOP 222326
TORTOP
KSC117-230000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0008.200522T2326Z-200523T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
626 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Marshall County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southwest of Frankfort, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Frankfort and Vermillion.
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 3987 9652 3974 9624 3973 9624 3958 9643
3960 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 211DEG 28KT 3962 9647
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
442
WWUS53 KTOP 222335
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
635 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
KSC117-230000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200523T0000Z/
Marshall-
635 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...
At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Frankfort, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Frankfort.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3975 9626 3964 9640 3965 9647 3985 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 211DEG 28KT 3968 9642
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$060
WWUS53 KTOP 222346
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
646 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
KSC117-230000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200523T0000Z/
Marshall-
646 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...
At 646 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles northeast of Frankfort, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Frankfort.
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 3965 9638 3968 9644 3981 9639 3975 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 211DEG 28KT 3976 9636
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Osage | 35 min |
| May 22, 8:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Osage | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| May 22, 10:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 35 min |
| May 22, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Shawnee | 60 min |
| May 22, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 25 min |
| May 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 22, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 32 min |
| May 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 36 min |
| May 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 39 min |
| May 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 27 min |
| May 22, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 45 min |
| May 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Marshall | 3 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.