4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 42 minutes earlier.
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 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 104 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 KSZ021>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-272115- CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 104 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 875 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ANDERSON COFFEY DOUGLAS FRANKLIN GEARY LYON MORRIS OSAGE SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS CLAY DICKINSON OTTAWA IN NORTHEAST KANSAS JACKSON JEFFERSON POTTAWATOMIE RILEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...EMPORIA... JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
135 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HAIL HOPE 38.69N 97.08W
11/27/2005 1.00 INCH DICKINSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CAVANAUGHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
220 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TORNADO 5 W WILSEY 38.64N 96.77W
11/27/2005 MORRIS KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO REPORTED TOUCHING DOWN OR NEAR TOUCH DOWN NEAR
DELAVAN.
&&
STRASSBERGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
222 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TORNADO 5 W WILSEY 38.64N 96.77W
11/27/2005 MORRIS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO REPORTED TOUCHING DOWN OR NEAR TOUCH DOWN NEAR
DELAVAN.
&&
STRASSBERGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
227 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TORNADO 5 W WILSEY 38.64N 96.77W
11/27/2005 MORRIS KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON OR NEAR
THE GROUND 1 MILE EAST OF HERINGTON NEAR HIGHWAY 77 IN
MORRIS COUNTY.
&&
STRASSBERGPRELIMINARY 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.
&&
CAVANAUGHThe Topeka radar (KTWX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado was reported by law enforcement 8 miles south of Chapman and moved north for approximately 1.5 miles before dissipating 6.5 miles south of Chapman. No damage was reported with this F0 tornado. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell.
The tornado touched down 4 miles south of Wilsey and moved north for 6 miles, dissipating 2 miles northwest of Wilsey. A trained spotter reported debris with the tornado as it passed near his house just northwest of Wilsey, however no damage was reported from the F0 tornado. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell.
Measured by KEMP ASOS.
The tornado touched down 3 miles SW of Hartford and moved nroth to 1.5 miles west of Hartford. The tornado produced F0 damage to buildings on three farmsteads and several other outbuildings along its path. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell within a bow echo.
The tornado briefly touched down 3 miles north of Parkerville and travelled north for about one quarter of a mile before dissipating. It produced no damage and was rated F0. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2005Warnings 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: 5480314, 5480315, 5480316, 5480317, 5480318, 5480382, 5480381.