Tornadoes · United States · Kansas · 2005

F0 tornado, Marion to Lincolnville, Kansas, November 27, 2005

Name: F0 tornado, Marion to Lincolnville, Kansas, November 27, 2005
Start: 2005-11-27T19:50:00.000Z
Location: Marion to Lincolnville, Kansas

From Marion to Lincolnville, this F0 tornado ran 2.0 miles across Marion County on November 27, 2005, touching down at 1:50 PM CST and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $1,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mphthis tornado
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating: F0
Date: November 27, 2005
Touchdown: 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
Path length: 2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Path width: 50 yards (46 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
County: Marion County
Touchdown point: 38.430, -96.920
Lift-off point: 38.450, -96.880
Record number: 500

What the Weather Service recorded

Brief touchdown.

Landspout tornado. Remained over open country.

Landspout tornado. Cosmetic damage to outbuildings

Brief touchdown.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Nov 27, 10:47 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 10:47 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 10:58 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 12:01 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 27, 12:45 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1245 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSZ051>053-067>069-083-271915-
BUTLER-CHASE-HARVEY-MARION-MCPHERSON-RENO-SEDGWICK-
1245 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTLER...CHASE...HARVEY...MARION...MCPHERSON...
RENO AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 1242 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAIL STONES UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER...MOST
STONES WILL BE NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH OR PEA SIZED.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...SO BE ALERT FOR
ANY CHANGES IN THE WEATHER.

CHANCE

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 1:05 PM CST, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
105 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSZ033-048>049-051>053-068>072-083-093>096-098>100
-280200-
ALLEN KS-BUTLER KS-CHASE KS-CHAUTAUQUA KS-COWLEY KS-
ELK KS-ELLSWORTH KS-GREENWOOD KS-HARVEY KS-LABETTE KS-
LINCOLN KS-MCPHERSON KS-MARION KS-MONTGOMERY KS-
NEOSHO KS-SALINE KS-SEDGWICK KS-WILSON KS-WOODSON KS-

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 19 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL KANSAS

CHASE                 ELLSWORTH             LINCOLN
MARION                MCPHERSON             SALINE

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

BUTLER                COWLEY                HARVEY
SEDGWICK

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

ALLEN                 CHAUTAUQUA            ELK
GREENWOOD             LABETTE               MONTGOMERY
NEOSHO                WILSON                WOODSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...CHANUTE...
COFFEYVILLE...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO...ELLSWORTH...EUREKA...
FREDONIA...HILLSBORO...HOWARD...INDEPENDENCE...IOLA...LINCOLN...
MARION...MCPHERSON...NEWTON...PARSONS...SALINA...SEDAN...
WICHITA...WINFIELD AND YATES CENTER.

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 1:12 PM CST, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 27, 1:40 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
140 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

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

0128 PM     HAIL             N PEABODY               38.17N 97.10W
11/27/2005  1.00 INCH        MARION             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CWH

Local storm report, Nov 27, 1:50 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
150 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

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

0148 PM     TORNADO          4 SW LINCOLNVILLE       38.45N 97.01W
11/27/2005                   MARION             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND.

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CWH

The surface observations

Newton (EWK), 54 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 19:49 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

The live radar over the track Every 2005 tornado in Kansas Every tornado in Kansas since 1950 Warnings in force in Kansas now The forecast where you are

The other tornadoes of November 27, 2005

64 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 27	1:48 PM CST	F0	Marion, KS	0.1	50
November 27	1:48 PM CST	F0	Marion, KS	13.0	50
November 27	2:04 PM CST	F0	Marion, KS	0.1	50
November 27	2:05 PM CST	F0	Morris, KS	0.3	100
November 27	2:12 PM CST	F1	Morris, KS	20.0	400			$250,000
November 27	2:32 PM CST	F0	Dickinson, KS	1.5	100
November 27	2:32 PM CST	F0	Morris, KS	6.0	100
November 27	2:35 PM CST	F0	Lyon, KS	1.0	100			$20,000
November 27	2:48 PM CST	F0	Montgomery, KS	0.1	50
November 27	2:58 PM CST	F0	Morris, KS	0.3	100
November 27	3:09 PM CST	F1	Geary, KS	2.0	300			$900,000
November 27	3:15 PM CST	F0	Geary, KS	0.3	100
November 27	3:21 PM CST	F0	Geary, KS	2.0	150			$40,000
November 27	3:28 PM CST	F0	Riley, KS	0.3	100
November 27	3:32 PM CST	F0	Riley, KS	0.3	100			$10,000
November 27	3:40 PM CST	F1	Yell, AR	4.5	50
November 27	3:49 PM CST	F0	Riley, KS	0.3	100
November 27	3:57 PM CST	F0	Yell, AR	2.7	40
November 27	4:06 PM CST	F1	Neosho, KS	6.0	80			$120,000
November 27	4:22 PM CST	F0	Allen, KS	0.2	50
November 27	4:25 PM CST	F1	Pike, AR	13.8	40		1
November 27	4:42 PM CST	F1	Montgomery, AR	3.2	40
November 27	4:49 PM CST	F1	Montgomery, AR	4.5	40
November 27	4:56 PM CST	F1	Garland, AR	3.5	40
November 27	5:10 PM CST	F1	Garland, AR	1.2	50
November 27	5:19 PM CST	F0	Jasper, MO	0.0	75
November 27	5:20 PM CST	F2	Hot Spring, AR	4.2	100
November 27	5:23 PM CST	F1	Van Buren, AR	2.8	50
November 27	5:26 PM CST	F2	Garland, AR	13.8	100		1
November 27	5:27 PM CST	F1	Searcy, AR	2.7	50
November 27	5:30 PM CST	F1	Garland, AR	2.1	100
November 27	5:32 PM CST	F1	Saline, AR	6.1	100
November 27	5:37 PM CST	F2	Conway, AR	3.9	250
November 27	5:41 PM CST	F3	Perry, AR	19.0	800			$4.0 million
November 27	5:42 PM CST	F2	Pope, AR	2.3	250
November 27	5:44 PM CST	F1	Clay, MO	11.0	75			$1.2 million
November 27	5:45 PM CST	F2	Conway, AR	11.8	250
November 27	5:59 PM CST	F1	Ray, MO	2.0	75			$30,000
November 27	6:00 PM CST	F3	Conway, AR	2.0	150
November 27	6:09 PM CST	F3	Conway, AR	15.0	700	1	8
November 27	6:15 PM CST	F1	Baxter, AR	3.7	100
November 27	6:25 PM CST	F1	Perry, AR	0.8	25
November 27	6:26 PM CST	F1	Pulaski, AR	2.2	25
November 27	6:27 PM CST	F2	Conway, AR	6.1	600
November 27	6:34 PM CST	F2	Faulkner, AR	2.6	400
November 27	6:37 PM CST	F2	Van Buren, AR	13.1	400
November 27	6:40 PM CST	F1	Fulton, AR	1.3	50
November 27	6:42 PM CST	F1	Ozark, MO	1.0	100
November 27	6:46 PM CST	F1	Howell, MO	3.0	100		2	$70,000
November 27	6:55 PM CST	F1	Van Buren, AR	3.7	50
November 27	6:56 PM CST	F1	Howell, MO	5.0	100		2	$70,000
November 27	6:59 PM CST	F1	Faulkner, AR	7.7	75
November 27	7:02 PM CST	F1	Cleburne, AR	2.7	50
November 27	7:11 PM CST	F0	Faulkner, AR	4.0	40
November 27	7:19 PM CST	F2	Van Buren, AR	0.8	100
November 27	7:20 PM CST	F2	Cleburne, AR	9.2	100		1
November 27	7:47 PM CST	F0	Cleburne, AR	1.2	25
November 27	7:55 PM CST	F1	Izard, AR	5.8	150
November 27	8:01 PM CST	F1	Sharp, AR	0.4	100
November 27	8:02 PM CST	F1	Fulton, AR	5.8	100

All 65 of them

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.