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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

June 4, 2005Jackson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:12 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 7:35 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3003 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
3003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
15.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 050013
TORTOP
KSC085-050045-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0013.050605T0012Z-050605T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
  EAST OF POTAWATOMI RESERVATION...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
  TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DENISON...
  MAYETTA...
  POTAWATOMI RESERVATION...

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 3943 9559 3941 9560 3926 9561 3924 9569
      3924 9576 3924 9580 3934 9586 3951 9561

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 050035
SVSTOP

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

KSC085-050045-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050605T0045Z/
JACKSON-
735 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

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 3943 9559 3941 9560 3926 9561 3924 9569
      3924 9576 3924 9580 3934 9586 3951 9561

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson32 min
Jun 4, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee47 min
Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee3 hr
Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson43 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee58 min
Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee57 min
Jun 4, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie3 hr
Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee30 min
Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee3 hr
Jun 4, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee49 min
Jun 4, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage46 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon26 min
Jun 4, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage34 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.