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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Topeka, KS

June 4, 2005Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:07 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 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, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 5:19 PM CDT
In force
12 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), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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 
WFUS53 KTOP 042207
TORTOP
KSC131-042230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0010.050604T2207Z-050604T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
507 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF ONEIDA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SABETHA...

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS.
COVER YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3986 9596 3978 9585 3984 9578 3999 9579
      3999 9588

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 042219
SVSTOP

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

KSC131-042229-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050604T2230Z/
NEMAHA-
519 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEMAHA COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO 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.

LAT...LON 3986 9596 3978 9585 3984 9578 3999 9579
      3999 9588

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha49 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown47 min
Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie24 min
Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson39 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown52 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha27 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley44 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha42 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson42 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown33 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley52 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha43 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown32 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie15 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee51 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley63 min
Jun 4, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha25 min
Jun 4, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee49 min
Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington55 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson33 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee30 min
Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson24 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.