Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2021, 6:07 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 24, 2021, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 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 23:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
624
WFUS53 KTOP 242307
TORTOP
KSC117-242330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0006.210624T2307Z-210624T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
607 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Marshall County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 607 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southeast of 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Summerfield around 630 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 3991 9633 3990 9657 3996 9658 4000 9646
4000 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 252DEG 19KT 3994 9653
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Reese1 follow-up statement
076
WWUS53 KTOP 242317
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
617 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
KSC117-242330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210624T2330Z/
Marshall-
617 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...
At 617 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles north of Beattie, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Summerfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3990 9649 3997 9651 4000 9644 4000 9634
3991 9633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 252DEG 19KT 3994 9645
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
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, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.