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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 2004Cloud County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 5:20 PM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 7 reports 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 29, 2004, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cloud County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 5:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Jamestown, KS
May 29, 5:42 PM CDTHAIL 13 W Jamestown, KS
May 29, 5:55 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Sw Jamestown, KS
May 29, 5:57 PM CDTTORNADO3 Sw Jamestown, KS
May 29, 6:10 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 W Jamestown, KS
May 29, 6:11 PM CDTTORNADO4 Nw Jamestown, KSSOFTBALL SIZE HAIL, LARGE TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN.
May 29, 6:25 PM CDTTORNADO4 Nw Jamestown, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2004-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2060 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 2004-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2060 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

137 
WFUS53 KTOP 292220
TORTOP
KSC029-292315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
520 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3965 9767 3954 9769 3951 9774 3943 9792
          3965 9793

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson24 min
May 29, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic38 min
May 29, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic64 min
May 29, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Republic17 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic58 min
May 29, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.