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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Topeka, KS

August 19, 2005Geary County, Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 5:24 PM CDT for Geary County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geary County, KS, Morris County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 5:45 PM CDTHAIL 1Dwight, KS
Aug 19, 5:45 PM CDTHAIL 1Dwight, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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°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 192224
TORTOP
KSC061-127-192300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0019.050819T2224Z-050819T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
524 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF MANHATTAN...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  DWIGHT

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3894 9673 3876 9671 3876 9650 3901 9650

$$

HOWERTON
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 192232
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
531 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

KSC061-127-192300-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050819T2300Z/
GEARY KS-MORRIS KS-
531 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN MORRIS AND SOUTHEASTERN
GEARY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL GROVE...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORT ROTATION WITH THIS STORM 5 
MILES SOUTH OF WHITE CITY. AT 525 PM CDT...TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED 
DOWN IN WHITE CITY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ALTA VISTA BY 540 PM CDT.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...
SUPERCELLS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3894 9673 3876 9671 3876 9650 3901 9650

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 192259
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
559 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

KSC061-127-192309-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050819T2300Z/
GEARY KS-MORRIS KS-
559 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MORRIS AND SOUTHEASTERN GEARY 
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM...

AT 557 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3894 9673 3876 9671 3876 9650 3901 9650

$$

MJ

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, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Morris39 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.