Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 8:01 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- May 11, 2005, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 120101 SVRDDC KSC093-120145- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0037.050512T0101Z-050512T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKIN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF KEARNY COUNTY... LAKIN... 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 3774 10152 3773 10127 3807 10110 3818 10142 $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 120118 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 814 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC093-120145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050512T0145Z/ KEARNY KS- 814 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENDALL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. AT 805 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKIN. ANOTHER SPOTTER REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN AT THE SAME TIME. LAT...LON 3774 10152 3773 10127 3807 10110 3818 10142 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 120139 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 838 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC093-120145- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050512T0145Z/ KEARNY KS- 838 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF KEARNY COUNTY... LAKIN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO 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. AT 834 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAKIN. LAT...LON 3774 10152 3773 10127 3807 10110 3818 10142 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 39 min |
| May 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 27 min |
| May 11, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 37 min |
| May 11, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Kearny | 33 min |
| May 11, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 47 min |
| May 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 20 min |
| May 11, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 25 min |
| May 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 40 min |
| May 12, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 30 min |
| May 12, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 43 min |
| May 12, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 26 min |
| May 12, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 42 min |
| May 12, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 20 min |
| May 12, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.