Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Kansas City, MO
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
SF1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KEAX 090034
SVSEAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
730 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
KSC103-090100-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050609T0100Z/
LEAVENWORTH KS-
730 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...
AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE FIRST
STORM WAS 2 NORTHEAST OF JARBALO...OR 5 MILES WEST OF LANSAING. THE
SECOND SUPERCELL WAS LOCATED NEAR MC LOUTH...OR 9 MILES EAST OF OSKALOOSA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
JARBALO BY 735 PM CDT.
LANSING AT 745 PM CDT.
THESE STORMS ALSO ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL.
LAT...LON 3932 9490 3928 9487 3926 9484 3924 9483
3922 9483 3922 9489 3915 9516 3915 9516
3926 9516 3938 9491
$$
SFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 46 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.