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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 8, 2005Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2005, 7:14 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
46 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KEAX 090016
TOREAX
KSC103-090100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0031.050609T0014Z-050609T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  3 MILES WEST OF LANSING...OR 8 MILES SOUTWEST OF LEAVENWORTH.
  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   LANSING BY 800 PM CDT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL
AWAY FROM THE STORM CENTER.

LAT...LON 3932 9490 3928 9487 3926 9484 3924 9483
      3922 9483 3922 9489 3915 9516 3915 9516
      3926 9516 3938 9491

$$

SF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KEAX 090034
SVSEAX

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

KSC103-090100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050609T0100Z/
LEAVENWORTH KS-
730 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE FIRST
STORM WAS 2 NORTHEAST OF JARBALO...OR 5 MILES WEST OF LANSAING. THE
SECOND SUPERCELL WAS LOCATED NEAR MC LOUTH...OR 9 MILES EAST OF OSKALOOSA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   JARBALO BY 735 PM CDT.
   LANSING AT 745 PM CDT.
   

THESE STORMS ALSO ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3932 9490 3928 9487 3926 9484 3924 9483
      3922 9483 3922 9489 3915 9516 3915 9516
      3926 9516 3938 9491

$$

SF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison49 min
Jun 8, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth44 min
Jun 8, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami57 min
Jun 8, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte38 min
Jun 8, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson50 min
Jun 8, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson59 min
Jun 8, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami46 min

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.