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2016 [KTOP] TOPEKA Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 14
Listing of Counties/Parishes/Zones Included in Product
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Storm Based Warning History
841
WFUS53 KTOP 260052
TORTOP
KSC041-260130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0014.160526T0052Z-160526T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
752 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 752 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF TALMAGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOONLIGHT AROUND 805 PM CDT.
CHAPMAN AROUND 820 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3907 9719 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 269DEG 18KT 3899 9720
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GDP262
WWUS53 KTOP 260106
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
806 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-260130-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160526T0130Z/
DICKINSON-
806 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 805 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO APPROACHING THE 281
EXIT ON I 70 ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF CHAPMAN
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAPMAN AROUND 815 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3907 9718 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 277DEG 18KT 3898 9713
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GDP621
WWUS53 KTOP 260115
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
815 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-260130-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160526T0130Z/
DICKINSON-
815 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 814 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 2 TO 3 MILES WEST OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED LARGE TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF
CHAPMAN.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAPMAN AROUND 820 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3904 9713 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 283DEG 15KT 3897 9708
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GDP257
WWUS53 KTOP 260118
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
818 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-260130-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160526T0130Z/
DICKINSON-
818 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CHAPMAN...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 817 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
JUST WEST OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CHAPMAN. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAPMAN AROUND 825 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 9713 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 280DEG 11KT 3896 9708
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GDPPermalink to 201605260052-KTOP-WFUS53-TORTOP
841
WFUS53 KTOP 260052
TORTOP
KSC041-260130-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0014.160526T0052Z-160526T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
752 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 752 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF TALMAGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOONLIGHT AROUND 805 PM CDT.
CHAPMAN AROUND 820 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3907 9719 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 269DEG 18KT 3899 9720
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GDPPermalink to 201605260106-KTOP-WWUS53-SVSTOP
262
WWUS53 KTOP 260106
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
806 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-260130-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160526T0130Z/
DICKINSON-
806 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 805 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO APPROACHING THE 281
EXIT ON I 70 ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF CHAPMAN
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAPMAN AROUND 815 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3907 9718 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 277DEG 18KT 3898 9713
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GDPPermalink to 201605260115-KTOP-WWUS53-SVSTOP
621
WWUS53 KTOP 260115
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
815 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-260130-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160526T0130Z/
DICKINSON-
815 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 814 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 2 TO 3 MILES WEST OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED LARGE TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF
CHAPMAN.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAPMAN AROUND 820 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3904 9713 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 283DEG 15KT 3897 9708
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
GDPPermalink to 201605260118-KTOP-WWUS53-SVSTOP
257
WWUS53 KTOP 260118
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
818 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
KSC041-260130-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160526T0130Z/
DICKINSON-
818 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CHAPMAN...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY...
AT 817 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
JUST WEST OF CHAPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CHAPMAN. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHAPMAN AROUND 825 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 280 AND 289.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 9713 3909 9696 3894 9696 3895 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 280DEG 11KT 3896 9708
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
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