Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2005, 9:16 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2005, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2005, 9:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Ne Ash Valley, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2864 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KDDC 160216
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-165-160245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.050616T0216Z-050616T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
916 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM LORETTA TO ROZEL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF EDWARDS COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY...
TIMKEN...
SANFORD...
SHAFFER...
KINSLEY...
LARNED...
ZOOK...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3870 9920 3794 9954 3775 9954 3776 9903
3869 9904
$$
RITTERLING2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 160232
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
932 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005
KSC047-145-165-160245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050616T0245Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
932 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN RUSH...CENTRAL
PAWNEE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO
ONE INCH SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GALATIA TO ZOOK TO 9
MILES EAST OF WINDTHORST...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF EDWARDS COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY...
ZOOK...
CENTERVIEW...
FELLSBURG...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 9920 3794 9954 3775 9954 3776 9903
3869 9904
$$
LACY000
WWUS53 KDDC 160248
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
948 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005
KSC047-145-165-160258-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050616T0245Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
948 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EDWARDS...PAWNEE AND EASTERN
RUSH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AT 945 PM CDT...
AT 947 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 9920 3794 9954 3775 9954 3776 9903
3869 9904
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 18 min |
| Jun 15, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 12 min |
| Jun 15, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 22 min |
| Jun 15, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 37 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.