Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 5:54 PM CDT for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 21, 2005, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Neosho County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 KICT 212254 TORICT KSC133-212345- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.050421T2254Z-050421T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 554 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR GALESBURG...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF PARSONS. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... GALESBURG...ST. PAUL THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW LAT...LON 3749 9538 3740 9539 3743 9509 3761 9510 $$ /KETCHAM
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 212304 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 604 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC133-212345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050421T2345Z/ NEOSHO KS- 604 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. GET INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM LAT...LON 3749 9538 3740 9539 3743 9509 3761 9510 $$ /JAKUB
000 WWUS53 KICT 212321 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 620 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC133-212345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050421T2345Z/ NEOSHO KS- 620 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 618 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR SOUTH MOUND...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARSONS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 3749 9538 3740 9539 3743 9509 3761 9510 $$ /JAKUB
000 WWUS53 KICT 212337 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC133-212345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050421T2345Z/ NEOSHO KS- 635 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEOSHO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 631 PM CDT...THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. PAUL...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARSONS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEOSHO COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF ST. PAUL. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3749 9538 3740 9539 3743 9509 3761 9510 $$ /JAKUB
000 WWUS53 KICT 212343 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 643 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC133-212353- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050421T2345Z/ NEOSHO KS- 643 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEOSHO COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 640 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3749 9538 3740 9539 3743 9509 3761 9510 $$ /JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 57 min |
| Apr 20, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth | 62 min |
| Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 33 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.