Showers occurred during the late afternoon and evening on November 22nd. One shower produced a brief, weak land spout tornado over the artillery range on the Fort Riley Army Base in Riley County Kansas.
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Showers occurred during the late afternoon and evening on November 22nd. One shower produced a brief, weak land spout tornado over the artillery range on the Fort Riley Army Base in Riley County Kansas. The funnel was reported by an airplane pilot over the range with no damage seen.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 3:06 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Topeka KS 306 PM CST Tue Nov 22 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday) Issued at 258 PM CST Tue Nov 22 2016 This afternoon an upper level trough was lifting northeast across western and central KS. A surface low was located near Great Bend, with a warm front extending east across the CWA. The 700mb dry punch was lifting northeast across eastern KS. low-level moisture advection continued across the CWA with lower to mid 50 dewpoints advecting northward. Southwest of the surface dryline, skies have cleared and temperatures have warmed into the mid to upper 60s across south central KS. The clearing may reach into the south central counties of the CWA before sunset. Late this afternoon as the surface low and front shifts northeast across the CWA, a few showers and perhaps an isolated thunderstorms may develop and last into the evening hours as the upper trough and surface front moves northeast of the CWA. MUCAPES are forecasted to be around 250 J/KG across the eastern half of the CWA late this afternoon and evening. Any isolated thunderstorm that develops will be very weak only lightning wold be a hazard. On the west side of the upper trough there may be some wrap around moisture which will keep the chances for showers across northeast and east central KS during the early morning hours of Wednesday. Overnight lows will only drop into the upper 30s to lower 40s. Wednesday, Low-level CAA will continue through the day. The low stratus cloud cover will erode from west to east across the CWA through the afternoon hours. The western counties will be warmer due to insolation and highs should reach the lower 50s. The eastern half of the CWA will remain mostly cloudy through most of the afternoon and highs will be cooler with mid to upper 40s. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Tuesday) Issued at 258 PM CST Tue Nov 22 2016 Dry and seasonal conditions are expected for Thanksgiving Day as a subtle weak mid-level ridge quickly passes over the area ahead of a mid-level trough advancing into the Northern Plains through the day. Despite this trough and surface low pressure skimming across northern Kansas, the associated moisture is remaining further north of the CWA, so do not expect any precipitation. Additionally, there does not look to be any cooler air entering the region behind this passing system, so high temperatures will stay in the mid/upper 50s Thursday and Friday with low temperatures in the 30s. A broad mid- level ridge will build into the central U.S. behind this exiting system, resulting in dry conditions continuing into the weekend with temperatures moderating to around 60 by Saturday with breezy southwesterly winds in place. The next mid-level trough will move into the western U.S. on Saturday, but models diverge in how this system will evolve as it progresses into the central U.S. As a result, forecast confidence remains low with this system. While the models have come into slightly better agreement with the timing of the system, the ECMWF is still slightly faster than the GFS. Both models develop a closed mid-level low, but now the 12z runs show the GFS closed low tracking further north compared to the ECMWF which has the low lifting northeastward across far northeast KS. Due to these varying solutions with the tracking of this system and it's associated precipitation, have stayed with the blended PoP output, which keeps PoPs at slight to low-end chance Sunday through Sunday night. However, if the ECMWF solution were to verify, then wrap-around precipitation would continue across the CWA into Monday where the GFS instead keeps us in the dry slot. Cooler air will be ushered into the area with this system, however at this time conditions look to remain warm enough to keep precipitation in the form of rain. However, we will have to continue to closely monitor this system over the upcoming days to hopefully get a better handle on the timing of any precipitation chances. As this system lifts toward the Great Lakes region early next week, temperatures will likely cool closer to the seasonal normals with highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s by Tuesday. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 1126 AM CST Tue Nov 22 2016 Stratus with MVFR ceilings will move into the KTOP and KFOE terminals by 20Z. This evening there may be a window of VFR conditions at all terminals, but after a cold front moves through the terminals after 6Z, the low MVFR stratus ceilings will move back into the terminals for most of the morning hours of Wednesday. Some guidance suggest that there may be IFR ceilings after 12Z WED. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Gargan LONG TERM...Hennecke AVIATION...Gargan
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 309 PM CST TUE NOV 22 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-232115- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 309 PM CST TUE NOV 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:51 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Manhattan airport tower and airline pilot reported that a weak funnel contacted the ground for less than 2 miles over open country. There was no visible debris or damage. This weak tornado came from a convective shower with no evidence of lightning.
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