Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2005, 5:24 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2005, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Oskaloosa, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 2764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KTOP 082224
TORTOP
KSC087-082315-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0014.050608T2224Z-050608T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
524 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 522 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
OSKALOOSA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCLOUTH...
WINCHESTER...
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 3916 9518 3913 9521 3913 9523 3918 9531
3920 9536 3924 9539 3940 9525 3941 9524
3941 9518
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 082233
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
532 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
KSC087-082315-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050608T2315Z/
JEFFERSON-
532 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 530 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSKALOOSA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF
LAWRENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER.
SHERIFFS DEPUTIES REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OSKALOOSA AT 528 PM.
FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS.
COVER YOUR HEAD.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3916 9518 3913 9521 3913 9523 3918 9531
3920 9536 3924 9539 3940 9525 3941 9524
3941 9518
$$000 WWUS53 KTOP 082245 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 544 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC087-082315- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050608T2315Z/ JEFFERSON- 544 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 543 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINCHESTER...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF LEAVENWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT PERIODIC TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS FROM OSKALOOSA THROUGH WINCHESTER. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3920 9517 3924 9539 3941 9518 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 082313 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 613 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC087-082323- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050608T2315Z/ JEFFERSON- 613 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT... AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3920 9517 3924 9539 3941 9518 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.