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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Nw Tonganoxie, KS | GOLFBALL 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 29 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.