Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 3:56 PM CST for Marshall County, Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Nov 27, 2005, 3:56 PM CST (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2005, 4:29 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marshall County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 272158
TORTOP
KSC117-149-161-272245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0026.051127T2156Z-051127T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
356 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTH CENTRAL RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 355 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
RANDOLPH...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAY CENTER...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF RANDOLPH
AT 353 PM. ANOTHER STORM JUST SOUTH OF OLSBURG COULD ALSO BECOME
TORNADIC.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE RAPIDS...
WATERVILLE...
MARYSVILLE...
OKETO...
OLSBURG...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUE WARNING FOR RILEY
AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES.
FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS.
COVER YOUR HEAD.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVER WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3940 9683 3931 9655 3999 9645 3998 9680
3952 9680
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 272212
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
411 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
KSC117-149-161-272245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-051127T2245Z/
MARSHALL-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
411 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE...NORTH CENTRAL RILEY AND WESTERN MARSHALL
COUNTIES...
AT 406 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF OLSBURG...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH
OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS...MARYSVILLE AND OKETO.
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3940 9683 3931 9655 3999 9645 3998 9680
3952 9680
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 272219
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
KSC149-161-272228-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-051127T2245Z/
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-
418 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR POTTAWATOMIE AND RILEY COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3958 9680 3956 9652 3999 9645 3998 9680
3952 9680
$$
KSC117-272245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-051127T2245Z/
MARSHALL-
418 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR WESTERN
MARSHALL COUNTY...
AT 416 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUE RAPIDS...OR ABOUT 14
MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE RAPIDS...MARYSVILLE AND OKETO.
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3958 9680 3956 9652 3999 9645 3998 9680
3952 9680
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 272229
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
429 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
KSC117-272239-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-051127T2245Z/
MARSHALL-
429 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 429 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAINS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3958 9680 3956 9652 3999 9645 3998 9680
3952 9680
$$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, 2:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 39 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.