Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 6:01 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 8, 2005, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Leavenworth County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KEAX 082300
SVREAX
KSC103-082330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0094.050608T2301Z-050608T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
601 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 555 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR WINCHESTER...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSKALOOSA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EASTON KS BY 610 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3940 9494 3937 9487 3933 9507 3932 9511
3930 9517 3942 9518 3941 9496
$$
SFWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
409 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
.DISCUSSION...
THE FORECAST DISCUSSION TODAY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DISCUSSION FROM
YESTERDAY. STRONG INSTABILITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IS IN PLACE
THIS AFTERNOON. AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SURFACE FRONT/TROF IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS STRETCHES INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA REMAINS THE MAIN
FEATURE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS WELL. HAVE SEVERAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES TO WORK WITH THE REST OF THE DAY. HAVE POSTED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SHOULD SEE
ACTIVITY GENERATE AROUND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AND THEN MOVE EAST TO
NORTHEAST. WHILE CONDITIONS HAVE DRIED OUT SINCE THE
WEEKEND...STILL LOOKING AT PRETTY SATURATED SOILS. THE FLOOD WATCH
IS MORE QPF INDUCED THAN ANYTHING...BUT FEEL THAT THE CHANCE EXISTS
WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS...SUCH AS ONGOING ACTIVITY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...SO HAVE HOISTED UNTIL 10Z. HAVE BROADBRUSHED POPS FOR
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DUE TO INSTABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY ON
BOUNDARIES.
AIRMASS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA STAYS NEARLY THE SAME UNTIL NEXT
WEEK. FOR THE WEEKEND...WE KEEP OUR HUMID CONDITIONS AND GOOD
INSTABILITY. SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES WITH SEVERAL WAVES MOVING
THROUGH. UNTIL WE CAN GET THE SURFACE FRONT TO OUR WEST
THROUGH...THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD REMAINS STATUS QUO WITH
HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. MODELS
STILL CONTAIN SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN THIS BOUNDARY WILL MAKE IT
THROUGH. HAVE EXTENDED CHANCES INTO MONDAY FOR EASTERN CWA...WHICH
SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING OF A CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE MID RANGE MODELS.
27
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
823 AM...
QUICK ADJUSTMENT TO THE MORNING FORECAST FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE
POPPED UP. WITH THE MOISTURE AXIS IN PLACE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND
FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...AND THE OUT FLOW FROM THE OVERNIGHT MCS IN
NEBRASKA/IOWA HAS...THE LOW LEVEL JET HAS POPPED OF A LINE OF STORMS
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MID MORNING HORUS ACROSS. EXPECTATIONS ARE
THAT THE LOW LEVEL JET THAT HELPED START THESE STORMS SHOULD PUSH
THEM OF THE MOISTURE AXIS LATTER THIS MORNING...LIMITING THEIR LIFE
SPAN. ADJUSTED POPS ACCORDING TO CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...WHICH
INCLUDED BRING CHANCE POPS AS FAR SOUTH AS KANSAS CITY.
HOWEVER...WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE LOW LEVEL JET...CONVECTION AS
FAR SOUTH AS I-70 SHOULD HAVE A HARD TIME SUSTAINING ITSELF.
CUTTER
335 AM WED...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE AS
FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING SHORT
WAVE TROUGH IN THE WESTERN PART OF COUNTRY.
WATCHING STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS MORNING. BOTH 00Z
AND 06Z RUN OF NAM WANTS TO BRING THESE STORMS SOUTHEAST INTO
NORTHERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...THEN DROP IT SOUTH AS
A COMPLEX THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RIDE SOUTH IN AXIS
OF BETTER MOISTURE THAT WILL BE SITTING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI. NAM 800 MB THETA E LINES UP PRETTY WELL WITH
MOISTURE THAT IS APPARENT ON 11-3.9 IR SATELLITE IMAGE. SURFACE
DEWPOINTS ALSO SHOWING BEST MOISTURE POOLED IN EXTREME EASTERN
KANSAS AT THIS TIME. IF THIS COMPLEX DOES DIVE SOUTH THROUGH AREA
TODAY...MAY SEE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH THIS
EVENING...PROVIDING FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. TRUE FRONT HOWEVER WILL
STILL BE TO OUR NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...SO MAKES FOR A COMPLEX
SITUATION AS TO WHERE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
OCCURRING TONIGHT. WITH SUCH QUESTION MARKS...WILL LEAVE POPS IN
CHANCE CATEGORY FOR NOW.
TRUE FRONT SHOULD STAY JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...REMAINING ALIGNED WITH THE UPPER FLOW. CONVECTIVELY INDUCED
VORTICITY MAXIMA WILL LIKELY BE FACTORS ON WHERE STRONGEST
CONVECTION OCCURS THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT PLACEMENT AND TIMING
OF THESE WAVES IS VERY UNCERTAIN...SO WILL KEEP WITH MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD POPS FOR THE TIME BEING.
BY SATURDAY MORNING...SOUTHWEST UPPER WAVE EXPECTED TO BE LIFTING
NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL PLAINS. WITH STRONG RIDGE HOLDING FIRM OVER
THE EAST COAST...NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION STRONGER STORMS MAY STAY
OVER THE PLAINS DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT WITH SHORT WAVE
MOVING INTO NORTHERN PLAINS...SURFACE FRONT MAY BE DRAGGED A LITTLE
FURTHER TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY NIGHT...THUS BRINGING THE POTENTIAL
OF ANOTHER DECENT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK TO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
REGARDING TEMPERATURES...ONLY SOME MINOR CHANGES MADE OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. WITH POSSIBILITY OF STORM COMPLEX AND QUITE A BIT OF
CLOUDINESS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES TODAY...WILL LOWER HIGHS A FEW
DEGREES...AND KEEP HIGHS MAINLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S THE NEXT
FEW DAYS WITH EXPECTED CONVECTION.
PC
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-
MOZ031-MOZ032-MOZ033-MOZ037-MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ040-MOZ043-
MOZ044-MOZ045-MOZ046-MOZ053-MOZ054.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR KSZ057-KSZ060-KSZ103-
KSZ104-KSZ105.Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 100 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-091200- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY- CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS- JOHNSON-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 100 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 435 CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER AREA OF INTEREST FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS UP TO NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE LINE OF STORMS SITUATES ITSELF OVERNIGHT...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS AGAIN POSSIBLE...EXPECTED MAINLY IN LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I-70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. WITH SUCH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WAVES MOVE OVER THE REGION. FLOODING RAINS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY AREAS HAVE GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LVQ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 504 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSZ103-082245- LEAVENWORTH- 504 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LEAVENWORTH COUNTY... AT 459 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR OSKALOOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF EASTON KS... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SF
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:31 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 531 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 MOZ039-082330- SALINE- 531 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SALINE COUNTY... AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR MARSHALL BY 540 PM CDT. NEAR SLATER BY 620 PM CDT. NEAR GILLIAM BY 625 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN SALINE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARSHALL...SLATER AND GILLIAM...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HUDSON
Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:38 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
538 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0531 PM HAIL BOONVILLE 38.96N 92.75W
06/08/2005 0.88 INCH COOPER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
DBSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 543 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSZ102-MOZ001>004-011>013-022-090200- ANDREW MO-ATCHISON MO-CALDWELL MO-DE KALB MO-DONIPHAN KS-GENTRY MO- HOLT MO-NODAWAY MO-WORTH MO- 543 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 439...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: ANDREW...ATCHISON...CALDWELL...DE KALB...GENTRY...HOLT...NODAWAY AND WORTH. IN KANSAS: DONIPHAN. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE MARYVILLE AND ROCKPORT. CUTTER
Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
544 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL NEW FRANKLIN 39.02N 92.74W
06/08/2005 1.25 INCH HOWARD MO PUBLIC
&&
DBSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 544 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSZ057-105-082345- JOHNSON-MIAMI- 544 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JOHNSON AND NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTIES... AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALDWIN CITY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF OTTAWA... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN JOHNSON AND MIAMI COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EDGERTON KS...GARDNER...SPRING HILL...OLATHE AND STANLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 6:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 9 hr |
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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.