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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

June 4, 2005Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 4:06 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 4, 2005, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dickinson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 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 042107
TORTOP
KSC041-042145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0007.050604T2106Z-050604T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
406 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  CARLTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARLTON...
  ABILENE...
  ENTERPRISE...

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT APPROXIMATELY 
350 PM.

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 3886 9736 3899 9712 3891 9695 3868 9706
      3861 9730 3860 9736

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 042124
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
423 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC041-042145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050604T2145Z/
DICKINSON-
423 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DICKINSON COUNTY...

AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABILENE AND ENTERPRISE.

AT 418 PM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH CARLTON.  
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

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 NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3883 9736 3900 9710 3891 9695 3879 9713
      3870 9729 3868 9734

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 042138
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
436 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC041-042145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050604T2145Z/
DICKINSON-
436 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
DICKINSON COUNTY...

AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF ENTERPRISE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO IN EXTREME NORTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ENTERPRISE.
CHAPMAN.

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 NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3889 9722 3912 9698 3898 9697 3890 9694
      3879 9712 3877 9719

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha49 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown47 min
Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie24 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown52 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha27 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley44 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha42 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson42 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBrown33 min
Jun 4, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPNemaha12 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley52 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha43 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown32 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie15 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee51 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley63 min
Jun 4, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha25 min
Jun 4, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee49 min
Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Washington55 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson33 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee30 min
Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson24 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.