Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Jarbalo, KS | PING PONG TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 082330 TOREAX KSC103-090015- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0030.050608T2327Z-050609T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 627 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO THUNDERSTORMS WITH WALL CLOUDS AND FUNNELS. THE FIRST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF EASTON AND THE SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED 3 NORTHWEST OF TONGANOXIE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL BE NEAR... EASTON KS BY 645 PM CDT. TONGANOXIE BY 655 PM CDT. JARBALO BY 700 PM CDT. BASEHOR BY 715 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL AWAY FROM THE STORM CENTER. LAT...LON 3938 9517 3907 9518 3906 9491 3938 9491 $$ SF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 082349 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 648 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC103-090015- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050609T0015Z/ LEAVENWORTH KS- 648 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 646 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES WEST OF FAIRMONT OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEAVENWORTH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JARBALO...OR 15 MILES EAST OF OSKALOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LANSING BY 655 PM CDT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM IN JARBALO AT 644 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3938 9517 3907 9518 3906 9491 3938 9491 $$ SF
000 WWUS53 KEAX 090002 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 700 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC103-090015- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050609T0015Z/ LEAVENWORTH KS- 700 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 656 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF JARBALO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANSING...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS TORNADIC SUPERCELL WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY... INCLUDING THE TOWN OF JARBALO. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW LAT...LON 3938 9517 3907 9518 3906 9491 3938 9491 $$ 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, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.