Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2005, 6:36 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- May 12, 2005, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2005, 7:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KTOP 122336
SVRTOP
KSC087-130000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0078.050512T2336Z-050513T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
636 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PERRY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSTOWN...
OSKALOOSA...
MCLOUTH...
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 3931 9518 3904 9519 3904 9535 3907 9541
3907 9550 3909 9549 3926 9549 3931 9542
3930 9532
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 122348
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
647 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
KSC087-130000-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-050513T0000Z/
JEFFERSON-
647 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 645 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED WINDS OF UP TO 70 MPH NEAR PERRY.
RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH WITH DAMAGING
WINDS OF UP TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSKALOOSA...WILLIAMSTOWN AND MCLOUTH.
LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3931 9518 3904 9519 3904 9535 3907 9541
3907 9550 3909 9549 3926 9549 3931 9542
3930 9532
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 130000
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
658 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
KSC087-130000-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-050513T0000Z/
JEFFERSON-
658 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 655 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS
DOWN 5 MILES SOUTH OF OSKALOOSA. AT 658 PM THIS STORM WAS ABOUT 12
MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCE MOVING OUT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 45 MPH.
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 3931 9518 3904 9519 3904 9535 3907 9541
3907 9550 3909 9549 3926 9549 3931 9542
3930 9532
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 130003
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
702 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
KSC087-130012-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-050513T0000Z/
JEFFERSON-
702 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 700 PM CDT...
AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
STRONGEST PART OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAD EXITED JEFFERSON COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
EARLIER...AT 650 PM A LARGE TREE LIMB WAS REPORTED DOWN 5 MILES
SOUTH OF OSKALOOSA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3931 9518 3904 9519 3904 9535 3907 9541
3907 9550 3909 9549 3926 9549 3931 9542
3930 9532
$$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 May 12, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 315 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... ALL OF WEATHER AND CONCERNS CENTERED IN NEXT 30 HOURS. MAIN CONCERN OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY FORENOON IS CONVECTIVE SEVERE WX AND/OR FLOODING. FLOOD WATCH WELL ADVERTISED SINCE EARLY TODAY...AND WILL NOT CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT IT NOW. WITH SHEAR IN PLACE ALG FRONTAL BOUNDARY TNGT...APPEARS NUMEROUS HAIL REPORTS WILL OCCUR. SOME EARLY THREAT FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA...SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING AS MCS BECOMES DOMINANT FEATURE FOR THE AREA. THIS MCS SHOULD BRING THE OVERNIGHT THREAT FOR FLOODING MUCH OF THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN OPTIMUM 150-175% OF NORMAL VALUES WITH CELLS EXPECTED TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA FOR SVRL HOURS OVERNIGHT. IN SPITE OF THE FACT SOME AREAS ARE VERY DRY...THIS SCENARIO LIKELY TO OVERCOME PRECURSOR DRY CONDITIONS WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF RAIN/THUNDER. WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW 12Z NAM FOR THE MOST PART...WITH MCS TNGT WORKING OVER THE ATMOSPHERE FAIRLY WELL. NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TMRW EVENING LIKELY JUST SOUTHEAST OF CWA WITH LINGERING SHOWERS TO THE NORTH. HAVE CUT BACK ON NORTHERN EXTENT OF THESE SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY AND TMRW EVENING AS STG SUBSIDENCE QUICKLY ENTERS AREA TMRW EVENING FROM THE NORTHWEST. WOULD SUSPECT MOST OF AREA TO BE CLEAR BY OR SHORTLY AFT MIDNIGHT TMRW NIGHT. PRETTY UNEVENTFUL AFTER THAT WITH A GRADUAL WARMUP AFTER THE WEEKEND TO ABV NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY THEN PERSISTENCE INTO THURSDAY. WOULD SUSPECT DRY WEATHER AS WELL WITH ANY CHC FOR PCPN PROBABLY CONFINED TO THE AREA WEST OF OUR CWA IN WEAK UPSLOPE SUNDAY/MONDAY. WAA CHANCE FOR PCPN EXISTS MON-TUE TIME FRAME BUT CHANCES ARE SOMEWHAT REMOTE AS THIS TIME...AND HAVE OPTED TO KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES TONIGHT.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 3:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 358 PM CDT THU MAY 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 358 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER ALL THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. A TORNADO OR TWO COULD NOT BE RULED OUT EARLY THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. ALSO...SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH SOME OVERNIGHT BUT THEN THE CONCERN WILL SHIFT TO POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE GRADUALLY DECREASING ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SPOTTERS 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, May 12, 4:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
428 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0426 PM HAIL 6 NW SABETHA 39.96N 95.88W
05/12/2005 1.00 INCH NEMAHA KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SMBLocal storm report, May 12, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
446 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N CENTRALIA 39.74N 96.13W
05/12/2005 NEMAHA KS COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED WATER RUNNING ACROSS HWY 187
&&
SMBLocal storm report, May 12, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
503 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 E SENECA 39.83N 96.03W
05/12/2005 NEMAHA KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER FLOWING OVER HWY 36 AND RURAL CTY ROADS
&&
SMBLocal storm report, May 12, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
525 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0517 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W AXTELL 39.87N 96.30W
05/12/2005 MARSHALL KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER FLOWING OVER COUNTY ROAD WEST OF AXTELL.
&&
SMBLocal storm report, May 12, 6:01 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
601 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N EVEREST 39.72N 95.42W
05/12/2005 60 MPH BROWN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SMBSpecial weather statement, May 12, 6:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 603 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 KSZ008-009-020>022-034>037-130003- CLAY-CLOUD-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-OTTAWA-REPUBLIC-RILEY-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... JUNCTION CITY AND MANHATTAN 603 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 258 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... REPUBLIC WASHINGTON CLOUD CLAY RILEY OTTAWA GEARY DICKINSON MORRIS SOME CITIES NO LONGER UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ABILENE JUNCTION CITY MANHATTAN CLAY CENTER CONCORDIA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 18 min |
| May 12, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 40 min |
| May 12, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 46 min |
| May 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 52 min |
| May 12, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 42 min |
| May 12, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 41 min |
| May 12, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 25 min |
| May 12, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 61 min |
| May 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| May 12, 4:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Morris | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 40 min |
| May 12, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 50 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.