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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 3:29 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 212029 TORTOP KSC131-212045- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0005.050421T2029Z-050421T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 329 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 327 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES NORTH AND 1 MILE WEST OF BAILEYVILLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVER WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3999 9596 3988 9611 3989 9624 4000 9624 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 212034 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 333 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC131-212045- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050421T2045Z/ NEMAHA- 333 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY... AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWEST NEMAHA COUNTY. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3999 9596 3988 9611 3989 9624 4000 9624 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 212044 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 344 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 KSC131-212054- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050421T2045Z/ NEMAHA- 344 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345 PM CDT... AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3999 9596 3988 9611 3989 9624 4000 9624 $$
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, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 49 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 |
Nearby
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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.