Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT for Nemaha 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
- Jun 4, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 4:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 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 042115 SVRTOP KSC131-042145- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0090.050604T2115Z-050604T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 415 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 413 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 NEAR GOFF...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY 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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3970 9600 3957 9596 3961 9579 3989 9578 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 042129 RRA SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 427 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC131-042145- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050604T2145Z/ NEMAHA- 427 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEMAHA COUNTY... AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOFF...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NEMAHA COUNTY. AT 420 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GOFF. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY MOVE INDOORS NOW...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3970 9600 3957 9596 3961 9579 3989 9578 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 042142 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 440 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC131-042150- /O.CAN.KTOP.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050604T2145Z/ NEMAHA- 440 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEMAHA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE REST OF NEMAHA COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM FOR ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3970 9600 3957 9596 3961 9579 3989 9578 $$
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 4, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 225 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS ARE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL AND SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. FOR TONIGHT... TSTMS ALREADY DVLPG ERN KS IN VERY UNSTABLE MOIST AMS AS IT SLOWLY BECOMES UNCAPPED AND READY FOR SERVICE. SPC HI RISK AND NEWLY ISSUED TOR WATCH FIT IN WELL. UPR LOW ERN COLO AND ATTENDING SHRTWV TO ROTATE EWD THRU RGN TNGT PROVDG GOOD LIFT OVER SFC BOUNDR AS IT MOVES EWD TNGT. DRY LN STILL IN WRN KS, SO SVR THREAT COULD LAST SEVERAL HRS. ALSO THREAT OF HVY RAINFALL OVER REGN WITH SATURATED GRD FROM YDA AND OVERNGT RAINS. THUS FFA IS CONTD ACROSS ALL BUT FAR NWRN CWA. CUD BE A VERY BUSY EVNG.... SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...THE 5H TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL PUSH THE PACIFIC COLD FRONT EAST INTO MO BY NOON. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF THE FA BEFORE FROPA BY NOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 80S WITH DRIER CONDITIONS. MONDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER 5H TROUGH WILL MOVE ON SHORE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND DIG INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS. A MINOR 5H TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. EASTERN KS WILL BE UNDER A DOWN STREAM 5H RIDGE. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THE DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT THE RIDGE ALOFT AND CAP MAY LIMIT ANY DEEP MOIST CONVECTION. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S. WEDNESDAY/SATURDAY...THE LONGER RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A LONGER WAVE LENGTH 5H TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. ATTM MOST OF THE SMALLER WAVE-LENGTH 5H TROUGH WILL LIFT OUT NORTH OF THE FA. THE GFS SHOWS A 5H TROUGH LIFTING NORTHEAST FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LIFT TO BREAK THE CAP AND GIVE THE AREA A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE EXPECT MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM SUNDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABILENE...TO MANHATTAN...TO SENECA.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-051000- 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 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...TORNADOES POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS LIKELY WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE FROM FAST DEVELOPING AND QUICK MOVING SEVERE STORMS. STRONG WIND SHEAR AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL LEAD TO SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE LONG-LIVED AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES. WEATHER INFORMATION SHOULD BE MONITORED FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES, WATCHES AND WARNINGS...ESPECIALLY WHERE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED. BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF STORMS FORM. A FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR A GOOD PART OF THE AREA. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RESIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SUNDAY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF I-35...WITH A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND SHOULD BE READY FOR QUICK DEPLOYMENT. && 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, Jun 4, 2:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 206 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-050400- 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 206 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 391 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... REPUBLIC WASHINGTON NEMAHA MARSHALL BROWN CLOUD JACKSON CLAY RILEY POTTAWATOMIE JEFFERSON OTTAWA 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 CLAY CENTER CONCORDIA MARYSVILLE HIAWATHA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
310 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM HAIL CIRCLEVILLE 39.51N 95.86W
06/04/2005 0.75 INCH JACKSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CAVANAUGHLocal storm report, Jun 4, 3:22 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
322 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0322 PM HAIL 5 SSE GOFF 39.60N 95.90W
06/04/2005 0.88 INCH NEMAHA KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CAVANAUGHLocal storm report, Jun 4, 4:05 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
405 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 1 E OLSBURG 39.43N 96.60W
06/04/2005 0.75 INCH POTTAWATOMIE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO SOME PENNY SIZED HAIL.
&&
GSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 12 min |
| Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 15 min |
| Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 24 min |
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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.