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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 8, 2005Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2005, 5:38 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2005, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
52 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 6:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Nw Tonganoxie, KSGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR K-16 AND DONAHUE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2764 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 082238
TOREAX
KSC103-082330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0029.050608T2238Z-050608T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
538 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  OSKALOOSA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   JARBALO BY 620 PM CDT.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3930 9517 3910 9518 3913 9490 3934 9501

$$

SF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 082304
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
604 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

KSC103-082330-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050608T2330Z/
LEAVENWORTH KS-
604 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 528 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 2 NW OF OSKALOOSA.  
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MC LOUTH...OR 6 MILES EAST OF 
OSKALOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   JARBALO BY 630 PM CDT.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3930 9517 3910 9518 3913 9490 3934 9501

$$

SF
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 082320
SVSEAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
617 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

KSC103-082330-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050608T2330Z/
LEAVENWORTH KS-
617 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 615 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WALL CLOUD 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JARBALO...OR 5 MILES EAST OF OSKALOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 
25 MPH.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TONGANOXIE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   JARBALO BY 630 PM CDT.


ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM SHOWING STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TONGANOXIE.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3930 9517 3910 9518 3913 9490 3934 9501

$$

SF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth51 min
Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth29 min
Jun 8, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLeavenworth48 min
Jun 8, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.