Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2005, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2005, 8:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 170057 SVRDDC KSC025-170200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0137.050617T0057Z-050617T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENGLEWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... ENGLEWOOD... ACRES... ASHLAND... SITKA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3725 10009 3701 10009 3700 9956 3722 9955 $$ KRUSE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 170118 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 818 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC025-170200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-050617T0200Z/ CLARK KS- 818 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... ENGLEWOOD... ACRES... ASHLAND... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3725 10009 3700 10008 3700 9956 3722 9955 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 170120 CCA SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 818 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC025-170200- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-050617T0200Z/ CLARK KS- 818 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... ENGLEWOOD... ACRES... ASHLAND... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3725 10009 3700 10008 3700 9956 3722 9955 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 170134 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 834 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC025-170144- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-050617T0200Z/ CLARK KS- 834 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARK COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 833 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3725 10009 3700 10008 3700 9956 3722 9955 $$ LACY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 254 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM AGAIN CENTERS AROUND SEVERE POTENTIAL, WHEN AND WHERE IT INITIATES, AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. WILL GO WITH HIGHEST CHANCE POPS OF 50 PERCENT DOWN NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER, WITH 40 POPS NORTH. THINK THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE HAIL TO 1.25 INCHES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. HOWEVER, WITH THE SOUTH WINDS ADVECTING HIGHER DEW POINTS NORTH TO NEAR GBD, THEN BACKING TO EASTERLY NEAR RSL AND HYS, EXPECT THIS SELY FLOW TO RUN INTO AN SHORTWAVE COMING DOWN FROM THE THE NORTHWEST AND POTENTIALLY INCREASING THE SHEAR PROFILE BY 03Z OR SO. THUS, TORNADOES CANT BE RULED OUT IN THE HYS, WAKEENEY, LACROSSE, NESS CITY, AND DIGHTON AREAS. WILL MENTION POSSIBLE SEVERE IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT. SPC STILL HAS ALL OF OUR AREA IN A MODERATE RISK, AND CANT ARGUE WITH THAT. DDC 18Z SOUNDING SHOWED THE CAP WOULD SOON BE BROKE, A LARGE POSITIVELY BUOYANT AREA, A LIFTED INDEX OF -6 AND A RATHER HIGH WEB BULB ZERO HEIGHT OF 12,600 FEET. THIS WILL TAKE A 50 DBZ CORE OF AT LEAST 36,000 TO PRODUCE 1 INCH HAIL. AS FOR FRIDAY, PLAN TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE GOING FOR MOST OF THE MORNING FOR STRONG STORMS. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THE RIDGE ADVERTISED BY THE ETA AND NGM BUILDS IN AND SUPPRESSES ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. EVEN IF CLOUDS SCATTER OUT EARLY, EXPECT MORE CU DEVELOPMENT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AGAIN WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WHICH LEADS TO UPSLOPE AND THE NORTHERN CWA WILL JUST MAKE THE LOWER 80S FOR HIGHS, AND THE ROW OF COUNTIES NEAR THE OKLAHOMA LINE MAKING THE MID 80S. DEBATED ON WHETHER OR NOT TO KEEP SLIGHT POPS GOING FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT SINCE UPSLOPE SOMETIMES RESULTS IN ENOUGH MIXING TO SQUEEZE OUT A SHOWER OR TWO, KEPT 16-20 POPS IN PLACE. THEN ON SATURDAY, LOOKS LIKE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL HELP TEMPS CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S MOST LOCATIONS, AND NO PRECIPITATION. DAYS 3-7... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE GENERAL PATTERN OF A RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS, ALTHOUGH SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN DETAILS HAVE BEGUN TO APPEAR. THE GFS, ECMWF, AND CANADIAN ALL AMPLIFY A LARGE RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST. BY TUESDAY HOWEVER, THE LATEST GFS WEAKENS THE RIDGE A BIT AS A SHORTWAVE COMES OVER IT AND UP INTO THE GREAT LAKES. IF THIS WOULD VERIFY, IT COULD HELP PUSH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO DOWN AROUND THE KS/NEBR BORDER. STILL, 700MB TEMPS ARE FAIRLY HIGH OVER OUR AREA FOR TUES AND WED AND MOST OF THE PRECIP LOOKS TO STAY TO OUR NORTH AND EAST. IN ADDITION, THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN, ALONG WITH THE ENSEMBLES, CONTINUE TO KEEP THE RIDGE WELL INTO SOUTHERN CANADA. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH MID-WEEK, AND THINK THAT THE BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL COME AS ALL THE ENSEMBLES MEANS BEGIN TO BRING THE WESTERLIES FURTHER SOUTH AFTER DAY 7. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE WARM WITH 850MB TEMPS IN THE 20S TO NEAR 30 C. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF DOWNSLOPE, BUT WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S FOR THE MOST PART. MADE A FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO DEWPOINTS AND WINDS, BUT OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKED TO BE ON TRACK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 62 84 62 92 / 50 0 20 0 GCK 64 83 63 93 / 40 0 20 0 EHA 61 86 59 92 / 40 0 20 0 LBL 64 86 60 92 / 50 0 20 0 HYS 65 82 65 91 / 40 0 20 0 P28 67 86 66 93 / 50 0 20 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KS...NONE. && 12/26
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 12:33 PM CDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1233 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-171000- ELLIS-FINNEY-HAMILTON-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE-NESS-PAWNEE-RUSH-SCOTT- TREGO- 1233 PM CDT (1133 AM MDT) THU JUN 16 2005 THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS, SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AFTER 7 PM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER 7 PM CDT TODAY, NORTH OF A LINE FROM SYRACUSE TO GARDEN CITY TO LARNED. KSZ066-074>081-084>090-171000- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HASKELL-KIOWA-MEADE- MORTON-PRATT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS- 1233 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL, STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 5 PM CDT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JOHNSON CITY TO DODGE CITY TO PRATT. 12
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:32 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM HAIL 2 W CULLISON 37.63N 98.94W
06/16/2005 0.75 INCH PRATT KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE TROOPER ON KS HWY 54
&&
TSBLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:33 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
733 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM HAIL 4 NE KISMET 37.25N 100.65W
06/16/2005 1.75 INCH SEWARD KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
BAKERLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:39 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
739 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM HAIL 12 N PLAINS CITY 37.44N 100.59W
06/16/2005 0.75 INCH MEADE KS PUBLIC
0720 PM HAIL 11 N PLAINS CITY 37.42N 100.59W
06/16/2005 1.00 INCH MEADE KS PUBLIC
&&
BAKERLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
742 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL BUCKLIN 37.55N 99.63W
06/16/2005 2.00 INCH FORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BAKERLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
750 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 PM HAIL MEADE 37.28N 100.34W
06/16/2005 0.75 INCH MEADE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0747 PM TSTM WND GST MEADE 37.28N 100.34W
06/16/2005 70 MPH MEADE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MGERARDLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
751 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL 4 SE ULYSSES 37.54N 101.30W
06/16/2005 1.00 INCH GRANT KS PUBLIC
&&
BAKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.