Tornadoes in Kansas, November 27, 2005

Name: Tornadoes in Kansas, November 27, 2005
Start: 2005-11-27T15:09
End: 2005-11-27T15:15
Location: Kansas

November 27, 2005 · NWS TOP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $900,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 27, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
150 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.DISCUSSION...

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY
COLD AND WINDY WINTERY WEATHER OVERNIGHT...

INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NOW CENTERED IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION HAS INITIATED OUR AHEAD OF THE LOW ACROSS MUCH
OF THE CWA.  TORNADO WATCH COVERS MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS AS SHEAR
PROFILES ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE.  LOW CLOUDS HANGING AROUND HAVE
INHIBITED DEVELOPMENT SOMEWHAT...BUT THIS SHOULD BE OVERCOME BY THE
SHEAR DYNAMICS OF THE SYSTEM.

TONIGHT AND MONDAY...LOOK FOR THE LOW TO CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO
IOWA ON MONDAY.  LIQUID PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY BECOME FROZEN
ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE CWA ON MONDAY.  IT LOOKS LIKE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FAIR
LIGHT FROM AND INCH OR SO NORTHCENTRAL...TO A TRACE ACROSS THE REST
OF THE CWA.  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE
NORTHWEST CWA WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW
WILL CREATE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS.  COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED IN ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW OVERNIGHT.  EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURES FROM MORNING LOWS TO MONDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS.

IN THE EXTENDED...DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES WITH MOST CONCERNS IN
THE SHORT TERM. DID KEEP SLT CHANCE SNOW FOR EVENING HOURS
MONDAY...THEN STORM LIFTS QUICKLY NORTH AND LEAVES DRIER AIR
BEHIND. IF WE GET SOME SNOW COVER OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES THEN
TEMPS MAY NEED TO BE MODERATED THESE AREAS. WAS NOT CONFIDENT
ENOUGH WITH WEAKNESS IN WEDNESDAY SYSTEM TO PULL POPS
ENTIRELY...BUT DID DELAY TO AFTERNOON HOURS. SLIGHT CHANCES
COUNTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND AS SERIES OF COLDER AIR MASSES
SLIDE INTO OR JUST EAST OF THE STATE.

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT
MONDAY TO 6 PM MONDAY FOR KSZ008-KSZ009-KSZ010-KSZ020-KSZ021-
KSZ034.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 9:54 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
954 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-281600-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
954 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND
OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
TO THE EAST OF AN ABILENE...MANHATTAN TO MARYSVILLE LINE.  WHILE
THE MAIN HAZARD IS LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

FOR TONIGHT...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT
OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF A MINNEAPOLIS TO MARYSVILLE
LINE...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
THE SNOW TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE REST OF THE AREA ON MONDAY. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN
AN INCH. THE CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 27, 2:29 PM CST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
229 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0222 PM     TORNADO          5 S LATIMER             38.67N 96.85W
11/27/2005                   MORRIS             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO...FOLLOWED TORNADO UNTIL IT
            LITED NEAR -U- AVE. STORM HAS BEEN DROPPING SEVERAL
            FUNNELS AS REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 2:33 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
233 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0232 PM     TORNADO          8 S CHAPMAN             38.86N 97.02W
11/27/2005                   DICKINSON          KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTH OF CHAPMAN...NO DAMAGE OR
            INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 2:48 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
248 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0243 PM     TORNADO          4 SSW JUNCTION CITY     38.98N 96.86W
11/27/2005                   GEARY              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TORNADOES REPORTED IN SOUTHWESTERN GEARY COUNTY.
            SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKING TRAFFIC NEAR THE
            I-70 TO I-77 SOUTH INTERCHANGE...AND A COUPLE OF MILES
            SOUTH ALONG I-77. OFFICER IS FOLLOWING TORNADO NEAR THIS
            INTERCHANGE. 1 TO 2 OTHER CONFIRMED REPORTS BY SHERIFF
            DEPUTIES.

&&

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 2:52 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
252 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0243 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     7 S JUNCTION CITY       38.93N 96.83W
11/27/2005                   GEARY              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED 7-8 MILES SOUTH OF I-70 BY RILEY COUNTY
            SPOTTERS.

&&

STRASSBERG

Local storm report, Nov 27, 3:03 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
303 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0302 PM     HAIL             HARTFORD                38.31N 95.96W
11/27/2005  1.00 INCH        LYON               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

STRASSBERG

Local storm report, Nov 27, 3:04 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
304 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0302 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S HARTFORD            38.29N 95.96W
11/27/2005                   LYON               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN JUST SOUTH OF HARTFORD...REPORTS OF
            TREES DOWN AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THROUGHOUT REST OF
            LYON COUNTY.

&&

STRASSBERG

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Geary

When: November 27, 3:09 PM CST to 3:12 PM CST
Where: Geary County, 3 mi NE of Junction City
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.067, -96.800

This tornado touched down on Fort Riley Army Base approximately 3 miles northeast of Junction City and moved north for one mile before crossing into Riley county approximately 4 miles northeast of Junction City. It produced F1 damage to trees and headstones in the Fort Riley cemetery area. The Fort was without power for several hours. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell.

Tornado, Riley

When: November 27, 3:12 PM CST to 3:15 PM CST
Where: Riley County, 2 mi WSW of Ogden
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $800,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.100, -96.750

The tornado entered Riley county from Geary county 2 miles westsouthwest of Ogden and crossed Fort Riley Army Base. The tornado moved north for approximately one mile in Riley county before dissipating two miles west of Ogden. The tornado caused siding, window, roof, tree, and car damage in the Ellis Heights housing area on the base with 32 homes in all receiving minor damage. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kansas, 2005 Warnings in Kansas, November 2005

Sources

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: 5480207, 5480208.