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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS

June 8, 2005Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 5:09 PM CDTHAIL 12 Ne Oskaloosa, KS
Jun 8, 5:11 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 E Oskaloosa, KS
Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDTTORNADO2 Nw Oskaloosa, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2764 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2764 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 082202
SVRTOP
KSC087-082245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0113.050608T2202Z-050608T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
502 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF OSKALOOSA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  NORTH OF LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINCHESTER...

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

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
NOW...AND AVOID WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3916 9518 3913 9521 3913 9523 3918 9531
      3920 9536 3924 9539 3940 9525 3941 9524
      3941 9518

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 082209
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
507 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

KSC087-082245-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050608T2245Z/
JEFFERSON-
507 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINCHESTER...OR ABOUT
19 MILES WEST OF LEAVENWORTH...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

WINCHESTER IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR OSKALOOSA AT 
506 PM.

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

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
NOW...AND AVOID WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3916 9518 3913 9521 3913 9523 3918 9531
      3920 9536 3924 9539 3940 9525 3941 9524
      3941 9518

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage50 min
Jun 8, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon44 min
Jun 8, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJefferson51 min
Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin40 min
Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Osage49 min
Jun 8, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson3 hr
Jun 8, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson24 min
Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee36 min
Jun 8, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris46 min
Jun 8, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee59 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Wabaunsee39 min
Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson33 min
Jun 8, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.