Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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 21, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Nemaha County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 21, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KTOP 212011
TORTOP
KSC131-212100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0004.050421T2011Z-050421T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
311 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CORNING...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORNING...
CENTRALIA...
GOFF...
A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM NEAR CORNING.
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 3956 9624 3956 9603 3957 9583 3984 9580
3980 9614
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 212026
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
325 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
KSC131-212100-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050421T2100Z/
NEMAHA-
325 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN NEMAHA
COUNTY...
AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
ROTATION WAS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CORNING...OR ABOUT 32 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORNING AND GOFF.
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF CORNING AT 322 PM
CDT.
LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...AND GO TO A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. AVOID OVERPASSES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3956 9624 3956 9603 3956 9597 3957 9583
3984 9580 3980 9614
$$000 WWUS53 KTOP 212048 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 347 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC131-212100- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050421T2100Z/ NEMAHA- 347 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEMAHA COUNTY... AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF GOFF...OR ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOFF AND WETMORE. 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 3956 9601 3956 9579 3969 9579 3972 9598 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 108 min |
| Apr 20, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 41 min |
| Apr 21, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 39 min |
| Apr 21, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 16 min |
| Apr 21, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 24 min |
| Apr 21, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 30 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.