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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2005, 7:34 PM CDT for Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 18, 2005, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 1517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KTOP 190035
SVRTOP
KSC177-190100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0081.050519T0034Z-050519T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
734 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL SHAWNEE
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EXTREME EASTERN TOPEKA...
RURAL EASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY...
LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AN TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY MOVE INDOORS NOW...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3896 9561 3906 9561 3905 9557 3906 9551
3905 9550 3892 9550
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 190053 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 752 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 KSC177-190100- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-050519T0100Z/ SHAWNEE- 752 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY... AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 752 PM CDT...TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LECOMPTON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3895 9558 3904 9555 3905 9550 3892 9550 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 190059 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 759 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 KSC177-190109- /O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-050519T0100Z/ SHAWNEE- 759 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM CDT... AT 759 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. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3895 9558 3904 9555 3905 9550 3892 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 May 18, 3:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 327 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE CONVECTION TODAY. TONIGHT...SATELLITE AND OBS PLOT INDICATING SFC FRONT JUST NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. CU FIELD HAS BROKEN UP A BIT WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SFC BASED INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP. LAPS ANALYSIS GIVING AXIS OF CAPE GENERALLY ALONG A FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO MULVANE KANSAS LINE...WITH PEAK VALUES ABOUT 2700 J/KG JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA. TOP CWA VALUES RUNNING ABOUT 2000 J/KG...IN PART DUE TO SFC DEWPOINTS RUNNING 60F OR MORE. MINIMUM CIN AXIS ALSO COINCIDES WITH MAX CAPE VALUES...AND AT -20 J/KG WOULD EXPECT STORMS TO GET GOING WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR RUNNING ABOUT 35-40KTS...AND WOULD EXPECT HAIL AND WINDS TO BE MAIN THREAT. LAST SWING OF UPPER ENERGY SHOULD USHER STORMS EASTWARD BY 09Z...AS NORTHWEST FLOW MOVES IN ALOFT BEHIND DEPARTING WAVE. THURS/FRI/SAT...MODEL GUIDANCE COMING IN SIMILAR FOR THURSDAY...AND DIVERGING A BIT ON FRIDAY...AS ETA TAKES THE UPPER LOW A BIT FARTHER EAST...WHILE GFS BRINGS IN COOLER TEMPS IN EASTERLY FLOW ALONG WITH THE INCOMING SURFACE HIGH. WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING ALOFT...WENT CLOSER TO WARMER ETA NUMBERS. SUN-WED...NEXT SYSTEM ON TRACK TO MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY...AND BRING IN ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP SUNDAY...WITH TEMPS THEN REMAINING IN THE 70S THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A BIT OF RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY WITH A WEAK FEATURE TO BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDER THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW ON TUESDAY...AND HAVE ADDED A SLIGHT POP FOR THAT. OTHERWISE NO BIG CHANGES TO EXISTING GRIDS. KC && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. 67
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 330 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-191000- 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 330 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL BUT NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST CHANCES WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF AN ABILENE...MANHATTAN TO HOLTON LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY AND FOR MOST AREAS SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ABILENE TO HOLTON LINE. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 2:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 240 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 KSZ022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-190300- ANDERSON-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY-JACKSON-JEFFERSON- LYON-MORRIS-OSAGE-POTTAWATOMIE-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...EMPORIA...JUNCTION CITY... LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 240 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 287 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... JACKSON RILEY POTTAWATOMIE JEFFERSON GEARY SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE DICKINSON DOUGLAS MORRIS OSAGE LYON FRANKLIN COFFEY ANDERSON SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... EMPORIA OTTAWA ABILENE LAWRENCE JUNCTION CITY TOPEKA MANHATTAN STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, May 18, 6:42 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
642 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0641 PM HAIL MERIDEN 39.19N 95.57W
05/18/2005 1.00 INCH JEFFERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CAVANAUGHLocal storm report, May 18, 6:46 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
646 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0646 PM HAIL 1 N MERIDEN 39.20N 95.57W
05/18/2005 1.75 INCH JEFFERSON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CAVANAUGHLocal storm report, May 18, 7:03 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
703 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0658 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S OZAWKIE 39.19N 95.47W
05/18/2005 60 MPH JEFFERSON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
0650 PM HAIL 3 E MERIDEN 39.19N 95.51W
05/18/2005 1.00 INCH JEFFERSON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CAVANAUGHLocal storm report, May 18, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
733 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM FLASH FLOOD GRANTVILLE 39.08N 95.56W
05/18/2005 JEFFERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF WATER OVER SOUTH ST. ALSO CALLED 21ST ST. IN
GRANTVILLE.
&&
CAVANAUGHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 60 min |
| May 18, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| May 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 2 hr |
| May 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 41 min |
| May 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 46 min |
| May 18, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 29 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.