Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 8:46 PM CDT for Finney County, 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 120146 SVRDDC KSC055-093-120230- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0039.050512T0146Z-050512T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 846 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 844 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 NEAR DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY... DEERFIELD... HOLCOMB... 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR KEARNY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3799 10132 3791 10103 3824 10070 3825 10114 $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 120158 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 857 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC055-093-120230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050512T0230Z/ KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS- 857 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF DEERFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY... DEERFIELD... HOLCOMB... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. AT 848 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF DEERFIELD. LAT...LON 3799 10132 3791 10103 3824 10070 3825 10114 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 120219 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 915 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC055-093-120230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050512T0230Z/ KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS- 915 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DANGEROUS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRIEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY... HOLCOMB... 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. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3799 10132 3791 10103 3824 10070 3825 10114 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 39 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.