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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

May 24, 2004Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 4:04 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Republic County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

727 
WFUS53 KTOP 242104
TORTOP
KSC157-242200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF REPUBLIC...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF
  CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REPUBLIC
  NARKA
  MUNDEN

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.

LAT...LON 4000 9793 3988 9793 3984 9737 4000 9737

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic45 min
May 24, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington57 min
May 24, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Republic60 min
May 24, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Riley, Washington46 min
May 24, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall46 min
May 24, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.