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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Topeka, KS

May 24, 2004Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 8:13 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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
May 24, 2004, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3762 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
3762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
25.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

912 
WFUS53 KTOP 250113
TORTOP
KSC045-250130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
814 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAWRENCE...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE
  EUDORA

AT 808 PM...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 1 MILE 
SOUTH OF LAWRENCE.

LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...AND GO TO A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. AVOID OVERPASSES.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVER WEATHER INFORMATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3903 9530 3887 9531 3885 9505 3897 9506
          3896 9518 3903 9519

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Wabaunsee30 min
May 24, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee39 min
May 24, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee62 min
May 24, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha67 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage47 min
May 24, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson24 min
May 24, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage53 min
May 24, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson45 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage63 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin45 min
May 24, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin, Osage57 min
May 24, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin36 min
May 24, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey29 min
May 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson39 min
May 24, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCoffey34 min
May 24, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson40 min
May 24, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage32 min
May 24, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin36 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.