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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Topeka, KS

June 4, 20054 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 9:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2005, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 10:22 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Osage County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 4, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 3003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 15.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 050249
SVRTOP
KSC003-031-059-139-050330-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0112.050605T0248Z-050605T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
948 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY...
  OR ABOUT 27 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MELVERN...
  HARRIS...
  WILLIAMSBURG...
  GARNETT...
  QUENEMO...
  POMONA...
  PRINCETON...
  GREELEY...
  LANE...
  OTTAWA...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM. TAKE COVER INSIDE A
BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3848 9583 3820 9574 3822 9506 3873 9506
      3865 9550

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 050256
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
955 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC003-031-059-139-050330-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050605T0330Z/
OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
955 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN COFFEY...FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
OSAGE COUNTIES...

AT 950 PM CDT...A STORM CHASER REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS 3 MILES SOUTH 
OF BURLINGTON.  AT 955 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STRONGEST WINDS 
WERE LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSBURG...GARNETT...QUENEMO...RICHMOND...POMONA...PRINCETON...
GREELEY...LANE...OTTAWA...RANTOUL AND WELLSVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3848 9583 3815 9575 3822 9506 3873 9506
      3865 9550

$$

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 050322
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1019 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC003-031-059-139-050329-
/O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050605T0330Z/
OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
1019 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ANDERSON...
NORTHEASTERN COFFEY...FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 1019 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE STILL POSSIBLE 
FROM THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST 
ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3848 9583 3815 9575 3822 9506 3873 9506
      3865 9550

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
225 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERNS ARE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL AND SEVERE WEATHER
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

FOR TONIGHT...
TSTMS ALREADY DVLPG ERN KS IN VERY UNSTABLE MOIST AMS AS IT SLOWLY
BECOMES UNCAPPED AND READY FOR SERVICE. SPC HI RISK AND NEWLY ISSUED
TOR WATCH FIT IN WELL. UPR LOW ERN COLO AND ATTENDING SHRTWV TO
ROTATE EWD THRU RGN TNGT PROVDG GOOD LIFT OVER SFC BOUNDR AS IT
MOVES EWD TNGT. DRY LN STILL IN WRN KS, SO SVR THREAT COULD LAST
SEVERAL HRS. ALSO THREAT OF HVY RAINFALL OVER REGN WITH SATURATED
GRD FROM YDA AND OVERNGT RAINS. THUS FFA IS CONTD ACROSS ALL BUT FAR
NWRN CWA. CUD BE A VERY BUSY EVNG....

SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...THE 5H TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KS
DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL PUSH THE PACIFIC
COLD FRONT EAST INTO MO BY NOON. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF THE FA BEFORE FROPA
BY NOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 80S WITH DRIER CONDITIONS.

MONDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER 5H TROUGH WILL MOVE ON SHORE ACROSS
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND DIG INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS. A
MINOR 5H TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. EASTERN
KS WILL BE UNDER A DOWN STREAM 5H RIDGE. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THE DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES NORTH ACROSS
THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT THE RIDGE ALOFT
AND CAP MAY LIMIT ANY DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE
IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S.

WEDNESDAY/SATURDAY...THE LONGER RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A
LONGER WAVE LENGTH 5H TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. ATTM MOST OF
THE SMALLER WAVE-LENGTH 5H TROUGH WILL LIFT OUT NORTH OF THE FA. THE
GFS SHOWS A 5H TROUGH LIFTING NORTHEAST FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LIFT TO BREAK THE
CAP AND GIVE THE AREA A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE EXPECT MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES.
&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM CDT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM
SUNDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABILENE...TO MANHATTAN...TO
SENECA.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
245 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-051000-
ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA-
POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA...
EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN...
MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA
245 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...TORNADOES POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE
AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK IS LIKELY WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORNADOES POSSIBLE FROM FAST DEVELOPING AND QUICK MOVING SEVERE
STORMS. STRONG WIND SHEAR AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL LEAD TO
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE LONG-LIVED AND HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES. WEATHER INFORMATION SHOULD BE
MONITORED FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES, WATCHES AND WARNINGS...ESPECIALLY
WHERE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED. BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
STORMS FORM.

A FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR A GOOD PART OF THE AREA.
MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RESIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SUNDAY ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF I-35...WITH A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND SHOULD BE
READY FOR QUICK DEPLOYMENT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP  (ALL LOWER CASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:02 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
902 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0902 PM     TSTM WND GST     EMPORIA                 38.40N 96.18W
06/04/2005  63 MPH           LYON               KS   ASOS

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
904 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0904 PM     HAIL             3 SW ALLEN              38.63N 96.21W
06/04/2005  1.00 INCH        LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
914 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0914 PM     HAIL             AMERICUS                38.51N 96.26W
06/04/2005  1.00 INCH        LYON               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:33 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
933 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0928 PM     HAIL             DELIA                   39.24N 95.97W
06/04/2005  0.88 INCH        JACKSON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WOLTERS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
943 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0914 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOPEKA                  39.05N 95.68W
06/04/2005                   SHAWNEE            KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN OVER 44TH AND RODCHESTER.

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
944 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0944 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W GARNETT             38.28N 95.28W
06/04/2005  55 MPH           ANDERSON           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CAVANAUGH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee	47 min
Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jackson	43 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	58 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, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Wabaunsee	30 min
Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee	49 min
Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	46 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	26 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.