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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Topeka, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Dwight, KS | |
| Aug 19, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Dwight, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 20 min |
| Aug 18, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.