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Tornado Watch 391

June 4, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 4, 2005, 2:05 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2005, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 109 counties

Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Adams County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

96 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Jackson, Nemaha	49 min
Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	40 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	47 min
Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie	24 min
Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	39 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown	52 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	27 min
Jun 4, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Doniphan	51 min
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Richardson	30 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	44 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	42 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	42 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Brown	33 min
Jun 4, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Richardson	47 min
Jun 4, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Nemaha	12 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	52 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	56 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	51 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Holt	27 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	43 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown	32 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie	15 min
Jun 4, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Richardson	27 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	51 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley	63 min
Jun 4, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Nemaha	25 min
Jun 4, 5:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Holt	6 hr
Jun 4, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	50 min
Jun 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	49 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha	32 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	46 min
Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Marshall, Washington	55 min
Jun 4, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	36 min
Jun 4, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Otoe	42 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Nodaway	6 hr
Jun 4, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Ringgold	57 min
Jun 4, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	44 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson	33 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	28 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee	30 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	30 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass	30 min
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	40 min
Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jackson	24 min
Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway	34 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	46 min
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Gentry, Worth	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway	27 min
Jun 4, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson, Jefferson	32 min
Jun 4, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Jackson	23 min
Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	28 min
Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	39 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	53 min
Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	33 min
Jun 4, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	47 min
Jun 4, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Lancaster	46 min
Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Doniphan	38 min
Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Harrison	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	48 min
Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase	59 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	31 min
Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson	43 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke	66 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	58 min
Jun 4, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	54 min
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	DeKalb	46 min
Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee	57 min
Jun 4, 8:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jackson, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass	40 min
Jun 4, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	6 hr
Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	30 min
Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	DeKalb, Gentry	29 min
Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Wayne	52 min
Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Daviess, Harrison	41 min
Jun 4, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Daviess	40 min
Jun 4, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	49 min
Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	45 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas	47 min
Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marion, Monroe	60 min
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	6 hr
Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	46 min
Jun 4, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Mercer	19 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	26 min
Jun 4, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	35 min
Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Wayne	43 min
Jun 4, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	33 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Wyandotte	6 hr
Jun 4, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose	44 min
Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton	6 hr
Jun 4, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage	34 min
Jun 4, 10:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	6 hr
Jun 4, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	22 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 10:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clinton	113 min
Jun 4, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee	2 hr
Jun 4, 4:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lee	87 min
Jun 4, 5:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Lucas, Monroe and 5 more	91 min
Jun 4, 5:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 41 more	2 hr
Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more	26 min
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more	5 hr
Jun 4, 1:45 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more	90 min
Jun 4, 1:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 24 more	115 min
Jun 4, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Rawlins	7 hr
Jun 4, 2:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	2 hr
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 5 more	8 hr
Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick and 1 more	84 min
Jun 4, 6:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Henry, Jackson and 7 more	89 min
Jun 4, 12:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buffalo, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Hayes and 6 more	2 hr
Jun 4, 3:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dawson, Lincoln, Logan	119 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.