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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Topeka, KS

June 4, 20056 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:56 PM CDT for 6 counties in 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: Jun 4, 2005, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 042257
SVRTOP
KSC061-085-149-161-177-197-042345-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0099.050604T2256Z-050604T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
556 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  EASTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAVENSVILLE TO 5 MILES
  NORTH OF PAXICO TO 17 MILES WEST OF VOLLAND...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN TO 23 MILES EAST OF
  MANHATTAN TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOLDIER...
  CIRCLEVILLE...
  POTAWATOMI RESERVATION...
  HOLTON...
  ALMA...
  MCFARLAND...
  HOYT...
  ROSSVILLE...
  SILVER LAKE...
  PAXICO...

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 3954 9624 3921 9633 3893 9689 3889 9615
      3923 9565 3954 9561

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 042322
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
621 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC061-085-149-161-177-197-042345-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-050604T2345Z/
JACKSON-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-GEARY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-
621 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN WABAUNSEE...NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE...SOUTHERN GEARY...EASTERN
POTTAWATOMIE...SOUTHEASTERN RILEY AND JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CIRCLEVILLE TO ROSSVILLE TO
5 MILES WEST OF VOLLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO 16 MILES
SOUTH OF MANHATTAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VOLLAND...HOLTON...MAPLE HILL...MAYETTA...SILVER LAKE...WILLARD AND
HOYT.

AT 615 PM...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH WERE REPORTED IN NORTHERN 
JACKSON 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 NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3954 9624 3921 9633 3893 9689 3889 9615
      3923 9565 3954 9561

$$

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, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 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, 3 hours 11 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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
528 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0528 PM     HAIL             MORRILL                 39.93N 95.69W
06/04/2005  1.50 INCH        BROWN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO PING PONG HAIL.

&&

GS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:31 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
531 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0529 PM     HAIL             5 SE SENECA             39.78N 96.00W
06/04/2005  1.50 INCH        NEMAHA             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:38 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
538 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0538 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NNW ST. GEORGE        39.24N 96.45W
06/04/2005  65 MPH           POTTAWATOMIE       KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0541 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 NW ST. GEORGE         39.24N 96.49W
06/04/2005  60 MPH           POTTAWATOMIE       KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS.

&&

GS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:46 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
546 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0534 PM     HAIL             MORRILL                 39.93N 95.69W
06/04/2005  1.25 INCH        BROWN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:54 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
554 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0552 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JUNCTION CITY           39.03N 96.83W
06/04/2005                   GEARY              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            JUNCTION CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT SEVERAL CITY STREETS
            AND INTERSECTIONS UNDERWATER... SEVERAL CARS ARE STRANDED
            DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATERS IN JUNCTION CITY.
            INTERSTATES 292, 289, AND US 77 HAVE SPOTS THAT HAVE
            WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADS... SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BECOME
            IMPASSABLE ACROSS SOUTHERN GEARY COUNTY.

&&

CAVANAUGH

The 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, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Nemaha	27 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, 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

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.