Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 24, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Marshall County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 E Oketo, KS | DELAYED REPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2072 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
655
WFUS53 KTOP 242245
TORTOP
KSC117-242315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0005.210624T2245Z-210624T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
545 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Marshall County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles northwest of Marysville, moving east at 20 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...
Oketo around 600 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 3987 9672 3992 9673 4000 9652 3987 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 254DEG 19KT 3990 9668
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Reese2 follow-up statements
051
WWUS53 KTOP 242253
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
553 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
KSC117-242315-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210624T2315Z/
Marshall-
553 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY...
At 553 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Oketo, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Marshall County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 9666 3993 9666 3998 9651 3989 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 254DEG 19KT 3991 9662
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Reese700
WWUS53 KTOP 242302
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
602 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
KSC117-242315-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210624T2315Z/
Marshall-
602 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY...
At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Oketo, moving east at 20 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
north central Marshall 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 3990 9659 3994 9660 3998 9651 3990 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 254DEG 19KT 3992 9656
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
ReeseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 18 min |
| Jun 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 9 more | 58 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.