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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2023, 7:44 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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
- May 12, 2023, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Jackson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nnw Whiting, KS | A BRIEF TORNADO THAT FORMED FOR AROUND 30 SECONDS, IN AN INACCESSIBLE AREA NEAR THE DELAWARE RIVER NORTH OF WHITING. PHOTO EVIDENCE EXISTS FROM SEVERAL OBSERVERS OF THIS TORNADO, BUT NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND DO THE BRIEF AND RURAL NATURE OF THIS TORNADO. EXACT LOCA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 3056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
The text
As transmitted.
631
WFUS53 KTOP 130044
TORTOP
KSC085-130100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0013.230513T0044Z-230513T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
744 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Jackson County in northeastern Kansas...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 744 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was 2 miles north of Whiting,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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
northeastern Jackson County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3961 9557 3960 9557 3960 9562 3961 9564
3965 9563 3965 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 224DEG 17KT 3961 9561
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
330
WWUS53 KTOP 130058
SVSTOP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
758 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
KSC085-130108-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230513T0100Z/
Jackson-
758 PM CDT Fri May 12 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
northeastern Jackson County until 845 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3961 9557 3960 9557 3960 9562 3961 9564
3965 9563 3965 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 224DEG 17KT 3965 9555
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 30 min |
| May 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 29 min |
| May 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 20 min |
| May 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 41 min |
| May 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 49 min |
| May 12, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 17 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 35 min |
| May 12, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 52 min |
| May 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 25 min |
| May 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 31 min |
| May 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 28 min |
| May 12, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Nemaha | 36 min |
| May 12, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown | 49 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.