Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2005, 7:11 PM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 E Ottawa, 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 2276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 090012 TORTOP KSC045-059-090100- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0016.050609T0011Z-050609T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 711 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OTTAWA... WELLSVILLE... THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVER WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3875 9544 3861 9547 3860 9506 3876 9506 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 090018 RRA SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 718 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC045-059-090100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050609T0100Z/ DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN- 718 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES... AT 716 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA NEAR POMONA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OTTAWA AND WELLSVILLE. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3874 9544 3857 9546 3858 9507 3876 9506 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 090027 RRA SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 726 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC045-090036- /O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050609T0100Z/ DOUGLAS- 726 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY WILL STAY SOUTH OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3873 9544 3856 9542 3857 9506 3873 9506 $$ KSC059-090100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050609T0100Z/ FRANKLIN- 726 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 723 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OTTAWA AND WELLSVILLE. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR OTTAWA...YOU SHOULD BE IN SHELTER NOW IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3873 9544 3856 9542 3857 9506 3873 9506 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 090033 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 731 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC059-090100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050609T0100Z/ FRANKLIN- 731 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 729 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG ROTATION ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF OTTAWA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH OTTAWA. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3870 9542 3856 9542 3857 9506 3871 9507 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 090046 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 745 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 KSC059-090100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050609T0100Z/ FRANKLIN- 745 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 741 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG ROTATION OVER OTTAWA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLSVILLE AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3871 9529 3856 9527 3857 9506 3873 9506 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 17 min |
| Jun 8, 7:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 119 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 32 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005
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.