Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT for Atchison County, Kansas; Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 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 11, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 3:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Atchison County, KS, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 11, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KEAX 111939 SVREAX KSC005-MOC165-112030- /O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0039.050511T1940Z-050511T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 240 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAN LAKE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATCHISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DEARBORN BY 315 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF IATAN AND CAMDEN POINT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3953 9511 3942 9512 3943 9475 3952 9476 $$ NRR
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 111952 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 251 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC005-112001- /O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2030Z/ ATCHISON KS- 251 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 249 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3952 9508 3943 9497 3943 9475 3952 9476 $$ MOC165-112030- /O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2030Z/ PLATTE MO- 251 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAN LAKE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATCHISON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DEARBORN BY 320 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF IATAN AND CAMDEN POINT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3952 9508 3943 9497 3943 9475 3952 9476 $$ NRR
000 WWUS53 KEAX 112002 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 301 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC165-112030- /O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2030Z/ PLATTE MO- 301 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAN LAKE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF ATCHISON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DEARBORN BY 320 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF IATAN AND CAMDEN POINT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3952 9508 3943 9497 3943 9475 3952 9476 $$ NRR
000 WWUS53 KEAX 112009 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 309 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC165-112030- /O.CON.KEAX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2030Z/ PLATTE MO- 309 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEARBORN...OR 16 MILES EAST OF ATCHISON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DEARBORN BY 315 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF CAMDEN POINT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3952 9508 3943 9497 3943 9475 3952 9476 $$ NRR
000 WWUS53 KEAX 112022 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 322 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 MOC165-112032- /O.CAN.KEAX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2030Z/ PLATTE MO- 322 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 320 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3952 9508 3943 9497 3943 9475 3952 9476 $$ NRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 44 min |
| May 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 23 min |
| May 11, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 49 min |
| May 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 39 min |
| May 11, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 11, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 23 min |
| May 11, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Worth | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb, Gentry | 53 min |
| May 11, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 46 min |
| May 11, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 34 min |
| May 11, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess | 12 min |
| May 11, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Livingston | 36 min |
| May 11, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton, DeKalb | 43 min |
| May 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton | 38 min |
| May 11, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Chariton, Saline | 40 min |
| May 11, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Platte | 30 min |
| May 11, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 52 min |
| May 11, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 31 min |
| May 11, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 43 min |
| May 11, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 45 min |
| May 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 44 min |
| May 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 13 min |
| May 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 46 min |
| May 11, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 47 min |
| May 11, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 11, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 38 min |
| May 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll | 29 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.