Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 5:59 PM CDT for Clay County, Riley County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 24, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
475 WFUS53 KTOP 242259 TORTOP KSC027-161-201-242345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 559 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHWESTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF LINN...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LINN GREENLEAF BARNES PALMER THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND TWO INCH HAIL. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW 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 3979 9710 3959 9726 3944 9679 3972 9680 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 57 min |
| May 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 60 min |
| May 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 48 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.