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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

April 18, 2005Republic County, Kansas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1986 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic47 min
Apr 18, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic60 min
Apr 18, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington59 min
Apr 18, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic3 hr
Apr 18, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic50 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.