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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2021, 6:26 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha 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
- Jun 24, 2021, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
501
WFUS53 KTOP 242326
TORTOP
KSC117-131-250000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0008.210624T2326Z-210625T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
626 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Nemaha County in northeastern Kansas...
Northeastern Marshall County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Summerfield, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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
northwestern Nemaha and northeastern Marshall Counties.
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 9610 3990 9641 3999 9641 4000 9637
4000 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 266DEG 25KT 3994 9636
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
Reese2 follow-up statements
501
WWUS53 KTOP 242343
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
643 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
KSC117-242352-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210625T0000Z/
Marshall-
643 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3989 9610 3991 9624 4000 9624 4000 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 266DEG 25KT 3995 9621
$$
KSC131-250000-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210625T0000Z/
Nemaha-
643 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY...
At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northeast of Axtell, moving east at 30 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.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Nemaha 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 9610 3991 9624 4000 9624 4000 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 266DEG 25KT 3995 9621
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
Reese796
WWUS53 KTOP 242355
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
655 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
KSC131-250004-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210625T0000Z/
Nemaha-
655 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Nemaha County.
LAT...LON 3989 9610 3991 9624 4000 9624 4000 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 266DEG 25KT 3995 9612
$$
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, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 6:36 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.