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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT for Marshall County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 29, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marshall County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 18.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
657 WFUS53 KTOP 300115 TORTOP KSC117-201-300215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 814 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF HADDAM TO NEAR SUMMERFIELD...OR FROM ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE....MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MORROWVILLE HOLLENBURG HANOVER OKETO AXTELL BEATTIE THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW 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 SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3999 9735 3984 9734 3984 9625 3999 9625 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 62 min |
| May 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 61 min |
| May 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 30 min |
| May 29, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 56 min |
| May 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 47 min |
| May 30, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 47 min |
| May 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 51 min |
| May 30, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 43 min |
| May 30, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 35 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.