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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 3, 2025Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2025, 1:45 PM CDT for Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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 3, 2025, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

461 
WFUS53 KEAX 031845
TOREAX
KSC091-121-031900-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0013.250603T1845Z-250603T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
145 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Miami County in east central Kansas...
  Southwestern Johnson County in east central Kansas...

* Until 200 PM CDT.

* At 145 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Edgerton, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
  Olathe, Gardner, Spring Hill, Edgerton, and Clare.

This includes Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 200 and
216.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9506 3879 9505 3888 9478 3871 9474
      3868 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 250DEG 34KT 3874 9501 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Pesel

1 follow-up statement

922 
WWUS53 KEAX 031901
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
201 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

KSC091-121-031910-
/O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250603T1900Z/
Miami KS-Johnson KS-
201 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHWESTERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.  However, heavy 
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for east central
Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9506 3879 9505 3888 9478 3871 9474
      3868 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 250DEG 34KT 3879 9485 

$$

Pesel

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	24 hr
Jun 3, 9:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Linn, Miami	3 hr
Jun 3, 9:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	5 days
Jun 3, 9:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	7 days
Jun 3, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	16 hr
Jun 3, 11:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte	7 hr
Jun 3, 12:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	7 days
Jun 3, 12:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan	6 hr
Jun 3, 1:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	6 hr
Jun 3, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte	58 min
Jun 3, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte	53 min
Jun 3, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson	37 min
Jun 3, 2:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte	5 hr
Jun 3, 4:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	4 hr

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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.