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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Topeka, KS

August 19, 2005Geary County, Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 4:51 PM CDT for Geary County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
Aug 19, 2005, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 5:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWhite City, KSESTIMATED WINDS OVER 50 MPH...4 INCH LIMBS DOWN.
Aug 19, 5:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60White City, KS
Aug 19, 5:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60White City, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2005-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 927 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1076 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 192152
TORTOP
KSC061-127-192230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0018.050819T2151Z-050819T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
451 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  WHITE CITY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITE CITY...
  DWIGHT...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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

LAT...LON 3905 9651 3883 9650 3872 9691 3880 9691
      3882 9689 3885 9689 3886 9692 3894 9694
      3904 9666

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown48 min
Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown3 hr
Aug 18, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha47 min
Aug 18, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown20 min
Aug 18, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha46 min
Aug 19, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPFranklin3 hr
Aug 19, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud36 min
Aug 19, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee40 min
Aug 19, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington28 min
Aug 19, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson45 min
Aug 19, 3:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee3 hr
Aug 19, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee31 min
Aug 19, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Morris36 min
Aug 19, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris, Wabaunsee40 min
Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson47 min
Aug 19, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris51 min
Aug 19, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee44 min
Aug 19, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris49 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.