Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 786

August 25, 200416 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 25, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO

Warnings issued inside it

10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee62 min
Aug 25, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage46 min
Aug 25, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage29 min
Aug 25, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson33 min
Aug 25, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth53 min
Aug 25, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Osage29 min
Aug 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin45 min
Aug 25, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin49 min
Aug 25, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami53 min
Aug 25, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami46 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2004-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1549 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2004-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more7 hr
Aug 24, 11:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary and 12 more118 min
Aug 25, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha and 4 more5 hr
Aug 25, 9:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 10 more2 hr
Aug 25, 11:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 4 more91 min
Aug 25, 4:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 21 more85 min
Aug 25, 2:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Chariton, Clinton and 14 more31 min
Aug 25, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Carroll and 33 more6 hr
Aug 25, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 hr
Aug 25, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCamden, Carter, Christian, Cole, Crawford, Dallas and 25 more6 hr
Aug 25, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis91 min

Nearby

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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.