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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2005, 3:29 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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 11, 2005, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2005, 4:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KTOP 112029
SVRTOP
KSC201-112115-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0021.050411T2029Z-050411T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
329 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLENBERG...
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
SAFETY MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A BASEMENT AND
AVOID WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3984 9682 3983 9686 3982 9690 3979 9699
3978 9706 3987 9711 3992 9713 3999 9717
3999 9681
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 112051
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
350 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
KSC201-112115-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050411T2115Z/
WASHINGTON-
348 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOLLENBERG...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.
LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3988 9682 3987 9688 3986 9693 3987 9702
3989 9709 3993 9709 3999 9710 3998 9683
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 112118
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
417 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
KSC201-112127-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050411T2115Z/
WASHINGTON-
416 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT...
AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3988 9682 3987 9688 3986 9693 3987 9702
3989 9709 3993 9709 3999 9710 3998 9683
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 70 min |
| Apr 11, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley, Washington | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.