1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 12, 3:55 AM CST, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 355 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS ARE PRECIP/SEVERE POTENTIAL AND SURFACE WIND SPEEDS FOR TODAY. UPPER LOW OVER CO/NORTHERN NM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS KS/NE TODAY. STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 850MB WINDS OF 45 TO 50KT WERE NOTED ON THE 8Z PROFILERS ACROSS NORTHERN OK...NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL KS. THE STRONG LOW-LEVEL WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO TRANSPORT DEEPER GULF MOISTURE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN KS. UPPER 50 TO LOWER 60 DEWPOINTS WERE NOTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OK AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS. MID 50 DEW POINTS WERE AS FAR NORTH AS THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE FORMING ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE MOIST AXIS...THOUGH ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE DOES NOT LOOK TOO IMPRESSIVE. I PLACED SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE CWA. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP EARLY THIS MORNING WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS MAY MAKE IT EAST INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA AFTER 15Z AND SHIFT EAST OF THE CWA BY NOON. AS THE 5H TROUGH LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST NE...WELL PROBABLY SEE THE 700MB DRY SLOT PUNCH NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. IT LOOKS WINDY ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA TODAY. EARLY THIS MORNING THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA MAY APPROACH 30 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS SPEEDS FOR A COUPLE HOURS LATE THIS MORNING. AS THE 5H TROUGH MOVES EAST THE STRONGER 850MB WINDS WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA. SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY REACH THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES. KFOE AND KEMP MAY FLIRT WITH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. I DID NOT ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING WHICH WOULD LIMIT DEEPER BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING. THE GFS SHOWS THE DEEPER MOISTURE FARTHER WEST ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA...THEREFORE CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE PACIFIC FRONT/SURFACE TROUGH COMBINED WITH QG FORCING AHEAD OF THE 5H WAVE SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT FOR MOIST AIR PARCELS TO BREAK THE CAPPING INVERSION THIS AFTERNOON. IF WE DO CLEAR OUT THIS AFTERNOON SURFACE HEATING WILL INCREASE MLCAPES AOA 1200 J/KG...AND COMBINED WITH MODERATE VERTICAL WINDSHAR WE COULD SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE PACIFIC FRONT/SFC TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF AN EMPORIA TO PAXICO TO MARYSVILLE LINE. LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL BE VEERED SO THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LOW. FAST STORM MOTIONS OF GREATER THAN 35 MPH...AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 45-55 MPH AT THE 2-4 KFT LAYER COULD CAUSE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM DOWNDRAFT TO DEVELOP. A ROTATING STORM UPDRAFT MAY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AS WELL. THE 5H TROUGH OVER EASTERN NE/KS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND PHASE WITH A NORTHERN STREAM 5H TROUGH ACROSS THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY. THE LOW-LEVEL CAA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE 5H TROUGH WILL CAUSE A SFC RIDGE TO BUILD SOUTH ACROSS KS BRINGING A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS SOUTH. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. ANOTHER 5H TROUGH WILL MOVE ON SHORE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND DIG SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS LATE MONDAY. AS THE 5H TROUGH DIGS SOUTHEAST IT WILL AMPLIFY AND CAUSE A STRONG COLD FRONT TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN KS MONDAY EVENING/MONDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LIFT AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE FOR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ON MONDAY. MONDAY HIGHS MAY WARM INTO THE 60S BUT A BIG COOL DOWN WILL OCCUR ON TUESDAY AS STRONG LOW-LEVEL CAA BUILDS A 1040 MB RIDGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE LOWER TO MID 40S. IT WILL FEEL EVEN COLDER WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. WELL SLOWLY WARM UP THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE CENTER OF THE COLD SURFACE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST. THE FLOW WILL BECOME MORE ZONAL AND HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S BY NEXT FRIDAY. .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 214 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-132015- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 214 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO MARYSVILLE...WHERE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THIS LINE. THE GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LAWRENCE TO GARNETT LINE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OVER A SMALL PART OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The strong winds toppled a tree in Lawrence. The tree fell on a house damaging the gutter and roof. The gust was measured at the Lawrence airport but could have been nearly 50 knots in the city where the tree fell.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, November 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5480313.