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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Topeka, KS

June 12, 2005Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2005, 3:25 PM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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 12, 2005, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shawnee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 12, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 Nw Richland, KS	ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS. SMALL BRANCHES ALSO DOWN.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 25 minutes after it went out.

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 12, 1:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 8 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 122025
SVRTOP
KSC177-122115-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0144.050612T2025Z-050612T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
325 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  AUBURN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICHLAND...
  ROSSVILLE...
  SILVER LAKE...
  TOPEKA...

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

LAT...LON 3908 9560 3903 9556 3891 9550 3887 9550
      3888 9591 3895 9594 3909 9594 3914 9601
      3921 9571 3921 9559

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122039
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
337 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

KSC177-122115-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-050612T2115Z/
SHAWNEE-
337 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SHAWNEE COUNTY...

AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUBURN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS IN 
OSAGE CITY. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE 
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSSVILLE...SILVER LAKE AND TOPEKA.

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

LAT...LON 3908 9560 3903 9556 3891 9550 3887 9550
      3888 9591 3895 9594 3909 9594 3914 9601
      3921 9571 3921 9559

$$

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122050
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

KSC177-122115-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-050612T2115Z/
SHAWNEE-
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SHAWNEE COUNTY...

AT 345 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH 2 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF RICHLAND.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOPEKA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3908 9560 3903 9556 3891 9550 3887 9550
      3888 9591 3895 9594 3909 9594 3914 9601
      3921 9571 3921 9559

$$

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122105
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
402 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

KSC177-122115-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-050612T2115Z/
SHAWNEE-
402 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SHAWNEE COUNTY...

AT 345 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 60 
MPH...2 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHLAND. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SHAWNEE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM.


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

LAT...LON 3905 9561 3905 9549 3891 9550 3888 9550
      3897 9589 3909 9587 3921 9584 3921 9559

$$

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 122113
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
413 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

KSC177-122123-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-050612T2115Z/
SHAWNEE-
413 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHAWNEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415
PM CDT...

AT 413 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL 
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM.

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

LAT...LON 3905 9561 3905 9549 3891 9550 3888 9550
      3897 9589 3909 9587 3921 9584 3921 9559

$$

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 12, 4:50 AM CDT, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 4:50 AM CDT, 10 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
450 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

.DISCUSSION...
LOTS OF WATER ALREADY FALLEN AND SOME MORE YET TO COME. PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES CONTINUE FCST HIGH...150-175% OF NORMAL. WITH GOOD
DYNAMICS COMING INTO PLAY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...MUCH OF THIS
WATER WILL BE RELEASED AS HEAVY RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH WAS HOISTED
SATURDAY EVENING AND I WILL CONTINUE IT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. FFG
VALUES NOT MUCH ABOVE 1 INCH AT BEST...SO ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY
ADD TO THE PROBLEMS.

WITH CLOUDS AND PCPN AROUND THIS MRNG...NOT SURE HOW MUCH SUN WILL
BREAK THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE OPTED TO HEDGE DOWN A BIT ON
TEMPERATURES WITH LARGE PRECIP SHIELD HANGING TOUGH MUCH OF THE
MORNING...THEN CLOUDS SLOWLY BREAKING THIS AFTN.

WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE GFS FCST THIS CYCLE. THUS WOULD EXPECT
INCREASING SHEAR BY MONDAY...BUT SFC BNDRY MAY BE EAST OF US BY LATE
AFTN. IF IT SHOULD SLOW A BIT...COULD BE REGENERATION OF SEVERE
STORMS ALONG BNDRY BY LATE AFTN ERN KS OR WRN MO. TIME WILL TELL.

FOR NOW...WILL DROP ANY MENTION OF PCPN AFTER TMRW AFTN. DRYER AIR
MOVING IN ON WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. REST OF WEEK LOOKS QUIET AS
UPPER RDG BUILDS INTO PLAINS AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVER HIGH
PLAINS.

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH ALL OF CWA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 9:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
938 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-131000-
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
938 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXITING NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
AT MID MORNING...MORE STORMS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE
BACK INTO THE ENTIRE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

THE STORMS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN PRODUCE POCKETS OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. ONLY A FEW
OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WHILE THE
MAIN HAZARD WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. SOME RIVERS AND
COUNTIES ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD SO CHECK FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME AGAIN WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL LINGER INTO
MONDAY MORNING...MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BUT THE MAIN
HAZARD WILL BE FLOODING. AFTER MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...AND THEY ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

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 12, 2:29 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
229 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

0226 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 SW EMPORIA            38.31N 96.30W
06/12/2005  65 MPH           LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS.

&&

STRASSBERG

Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
247 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

0244 PM     HAIL             6 N EMPORIA             38.49N 96.18W
06/12/2005  0.88 INCH        LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:51 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
251 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

0251 PM     HAIL             4 SSE BUSHONG           38.59N 96.23W
06/12/2005  0.75 INCH        LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED ABOUT 1 MINUTE.

&&

STRASSBERG

Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:19 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
319 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

0318 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E OSAGE CITY          38.63N 95.79W
06/12/2005  65 MPH           OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

STRASSBERG

Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:20 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
320 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

0320 PM     HAIL             OSAGE CITY              38.63N 95.83W
06/12/2005  0.88 INCH        OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA TO SOME NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN OSAGE CITY.

&&

STRASSBERG

Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
322 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

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

0321 PM     TSTM WND GST     OSAGE CITY              38.63N 95.83W
06/12/2005  65 MPH           OSAGE              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS. ALSO PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

STRASSBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	40 min
Jun 12, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	40 min
Jun 12, 2:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	35 min
Jun 12, 3:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	51 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Anderson, Franklin	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Jefferson	51 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.