Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2005, 10:59 PM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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
- Apr 18, 2005, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Republic County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 190359
TORTOP
KSC157-190500-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0003.050419T0359Z-050419T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1059 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
REPUBLIC...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REPUBLIC...
BELLEVILLE...
MUNDEN...
NARKA...
CUBA...
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 WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVER WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3999 9739 3992 9737 3968 9737 3970 9740
3973 9748 3988 9791 3999 9792 4000 9756
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KTOP 190432
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1131 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005
KSC157-190500-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050419T0500Z/
REPUBLIC-
1131 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHERN
REPUBLIC COUNTY...
AT 1128 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF REPUBLIC...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NARKA...MUNDEN...CUBA AND BELLEVILLE.
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3999 9739 3992 9737 3974 9737 3977 9744
3979 9757 3988 9791 3999 9792 4000 9756
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 50 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.