Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 5:50 PM CDT for Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2005, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 192251 TORTOP KSC127-197-192330- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0020.050819T2250Z-050819T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 550 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTA VISTA...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM HAS SHOWN ROTATION FOR THE PAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... VOLLAND BY 610 PM CDT. ALMA KS BY 625 PM CDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3897 9650 3875 9649 3875 9618 3902 9623 $$ MJ
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 192322
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
622 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
KSC127-192332-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050819T2330Z/
MORRIS KS-
622 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MORRIS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 618 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3897 9650 3883 9649 3883 9637 3875 9618
3902 9623
$$
KSC197-192330-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050819T2330Z/
WABAUNSEE KS-
622 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ESKRIDGE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
ALMA KS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE
COUNTY.
AT 545 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DWIGHT WITH THIS
STORM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3897 9650 3883 9649 3883 9637 3875 9618
3902 9623
$$
MJ000
WWUS53 KTOP 192330
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
630 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
KSC197-192340-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050819T2330Z/
WABAUNSEE KS-
630 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 623 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3897 9650 3883 9649 3883 9637 3875 9618
3902 9623
$$
MJThe 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, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 36 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.