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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 2:21 PM CST for Geary County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Nov 27, 2005, 2:21 PM CST (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
- 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), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2:22 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 S Latimer, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO...FOLLOWED TORNADO UNTIL IT LITED NEAR -U- AVE. STORM HAS BEEN DROPPING SEVERAL FUNNELS AS REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Nov 27, 2:43 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 S Junction City, KS | REPORTED 7-8 MILES SOUTH OF I-70 BY RILEY COUNTY SPOTTERS. |
| Nov 27, 2:43 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nnw Wilsey, KS | TORNADO PASSED OVER SPOTTERS HOUSE WITH DEBRIS NEAR WILSEY. |
| Nov 27, 2:43 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Junction City, KS | SEVERAL TORNADOES REPORTED IN SOUTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY. SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKING TRAFFIC NEAR THE I-70 TO I-77 SOUTH INTERCHANGE...AND A COUPLE OF MILES SOUTH ALONG I-77. OFFICER IS FOLLOWING TORNADO NEAR THIS INTERCHANGE. 1 TO 2 OTHER CONFIRME |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KTOP 272022 TORTOP KSC061-127-272100- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0022.051127T2021Z-051127T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 221 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 219 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LATIMER... OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PARKERVILLE... WHITE CITY... DWIGHT... JUNCTION CITY... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 292 AND 314. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVER WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3854 9691 3852 9661 3906 9654 3909 9693 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 272029 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 228 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSC061-127-272100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051127T2100Z/ GEARY-MORRIS- 228 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR WESTERN MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES... AT 223 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LATIMER...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORM DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF WILSEY ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME TORNADIC. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JUNCTION CITY. WHITE CITY. PARKERVILLE. WILSEY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 292 AND 314. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3854 9691 3852 9661 3906 9654 3909 9693 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 272039 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 238 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSC061-127-272100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051127T2100Z/ GEARY-MORRIS- 238 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR WESTERN MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES... AT 236 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE CITY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER STORM A COUPLE MILES NORTH OF WILSEY COULD ALSO BECOME TORNADIC. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITE CITY. PARKERVILLE. OLSON. JUNCTION CITY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 292 AND 314. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3854 9691 3852 9661 3906 9654 3909 9693 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 272048 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 246 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSC061-127-272100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051127T2100Z/ GEARY-MORRIS- 246 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES... AT 245 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70 HIGHWAY 77 INTERCHANGE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER STORM LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF PARKERVILLE WAS ALSO INTERMITTENTLY PRODUCING A TORNADO. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JUNCTION CITY. PARKERVILLE. WHITE CITY. DWIGHT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 292 AND 314. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3868 9691 3866 9660 3906 9654 3909 9693 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 9:17 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 42 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 38 min |
| Nov 27, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 64 min |
| Nov 27, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 56 min |
| Nov 27, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 51 min |
| Nov 27, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 31 min |
| Nov 27, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 50 min |
| Nov 27, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 49 min |
| Nov 27, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 14 min |
| Nov 27, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 42 min |
| Nov 27, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 49 min |
| Nov 27, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 33 min |
| Nov 27, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson | 60 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.