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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2005, 4:22 PM CDT for Coffey County, Osage County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 4 reports 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 30, 2005, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coffey County, KS, Osage County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Nw Lebo, KS | |
| Jun 30, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Lebo, KS | |
| Jun 30, 4:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Lebo, KS | |
| Jun 30, 4:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Waverly, 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 30, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KTOP 302123 TORTOP KSC031-139-302200- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0017.050630T2122Z-050630T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 422 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF LEBO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEBO... MELVERN LAKE... OLIVET... MELVERN... WAVERLY... THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG INTERSTATE 35. 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 3851 9594 3838 9594 3837 9554 3852 9555 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 302132 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 430 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 KSC031-139-302200- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050630T2200Z/ OSAGE-COFFEY- 430 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN COFFEY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTIES... AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED JUST EAST OF LEBO...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLIVET AND WAVERLY. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LEBO AT 428 PM. LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR INTERSTATE 35 ACROSS SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3850 9593 3836 9594 3834 9554 3848 9555 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 302141 RRA SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 439 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 KSC031-139-302200- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050630T2200Z/ OSAGE-COFFEY- 439 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN COFFEY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTIES... AT 436 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD SOUTHEAST OF LEBO. AT 439 PM THE STRONGEST ROTATION WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEBO...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAVERLY. RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COFFEY COUNTY. PERSONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY LARGE HAIL. 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 3847 9592 3835 9594 3830 9552 3848 9555 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 302150 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 448 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 KSC139-302158- /O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050630T2200Z/ OSAGE- 448 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OSAGE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE ROTATING PART OF THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM OSAGE COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OSAGE COUNTY FROM THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3843 9581 3833 9580 3827 9552 3842 9552 $$ KSC031-302200- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050630T2200Z/ COFFEY- 448 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTY... AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE ROTATION WAS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COFFEY 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 3843 9581 3833 9580 3827 9552 3842 9552 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 3:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 22 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.