Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2005, 5:09 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports 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 9, 2005, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 9, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Meade, KS | |
| Jun 9, 5:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 S Fowler, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.
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 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 3849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 092209 SVRDDC KSC025-119-092315- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0076.050609T2209Z-050609T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 509 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE COUNTY... FOWLER... MINNEOLA... CLARK STATE LAKE... 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. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 3713 10042 3706 10008 3744 9956 3746 10026 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 092226 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 526 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC025-119-092315- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050609T2315Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 526 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN MEADE AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEADE COUNTY... MEADE... FOWLER... MINNEOLA... CLARK STATE LAKE... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AT 518 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL 9 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MEADE. LAT...LON 3713 10042 3706 10008 3744 9956 3746 10026 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 092307 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 605 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC025-119-092315- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050609T2315Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 605 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED... AT 603 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF MEADE. TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3713 10042 3706 10008 3744 9956 3746 10026 $$ 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 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 225 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... PRIMARY CONCERN IS SHORT TERM SEVERE STORMS... OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL OK INTO WESTERN KANSAS BETWEEN GCK AND DDC WITH LLJ ALONG IT AND UPPER LEVEL JET FROM SW TO CROSS IT THIS EVENING. FROM MORNING SOUNDING 94 OVER 64 GIVES OVER 5K J/KG AND BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW ON EAST SIDE OF OFB PRODUCES A VERY HEALTHY SUBCLOUD LAYER HODOGRAPH. WE SHOULD EASILY GET A FEW SUPERCELLS IN CONVERGENCE ALONG THE OFB AND THE TORNADO THREAT COULD BE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT AT LEAST EARLY ON IN THE STORMS DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH HOWEVER LAGS THE SYSTEM A BIT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL PROBABLY NOT PRODUCE ANY SIGNIFICANT FORCING UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING. BY THEN WE SHOULD SEE A LOT OF CONVECTION DEVELOP INTO A MULTICELLULAR CLUSTER ALONG AND NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. BY TOMORROW, THE FRONT SHOULD SINK SOUTH INTO THE AREA AND WE MAY WELL SEE THUNDERSTORMS OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH ANOTHER MULTICELLULAR BEAST FORMING OVER MY CWA AND JUST EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW TOMORROW EVENING. DIDNT MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE GRIDS EXCEPT TO TRIM HIGHS TOMORROW AND ADJUST POPS TO FIT THINKING ABOVE. AS I TYPE THIS WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH SPC ON A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF MY CWA THROUGH 04Z. DAYS 3-7... THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT OUT THROUGH 84 HOURS. THE LATEST ECMWF FROM 09/00Z SUPPORTS HAVING A SHORT BREAK IN PRECIP CHANCES SUNDAY MORNING, BUT BRINGS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. FOR THIS REASON, HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY /40E & 30W/ SATURDAY NIGHT, DOWN TO ZERO SUNDAY MORNING, AND THEN BACK TO 40E/30W SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS UPPER TROUGH SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH RAPIDLY, AND DROPPED POPS TO 20 SUNDAY NIGHT. HOPEFULLY, BY MONDAY, THE CHANCE FOR POPS WILL DIMINISH, AS WE ARE BETWEEN UPPER IMPULSES BY THAT TIME. BOTH THE GFS AND DGEX BRING AN UPPER LEVEL LOW, ALTHOUGH NOT TOO TIGHT OR DEEP, THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. SO INTRODUCED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR TRW- WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AND THEN AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A SECOND LOBE OF UPPER VORTICITY ROTATES THROUGH. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES, KEPT THE LOWER MAX TEMPS GOING FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY, DUE TO AFTER AFFECTS OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY. THEN, WE SHOULD BEGIN SLOWLY WARMING UP AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER THE ROCKIES AND WE GET INTO NORTHWESTERLY DOWN SLOPE AFFECTS. WARMED MAX TEMPS BACK UP TO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY AND KEPT THEM THERE. AS FOR LOWS, MOSTLY MID 50S NW TO LOWER 60S SE MONDAY AND TUESDAY, RISING TO NEAR 60NW TO UPPER 60S SE BY THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 62 83 63 81 / 30 60 80 30 GCK 58 81 59 80 / 30 60 80 20 EHA 57 81 60 85 / 20 60 80 20 LBL 61 82 62 84 / 30 60 80 20 HYS 59 83 61 80 / 30 60 80 40 P28 66 85 67 86 / 20 60 80 60 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KS...NONE. && JOHNSON/BURKE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 11:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1100 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-065-066-101000- ELLIS-LANE-NESS-PAWNEE-RUSH-SCOTT-STAFFORD-TREGO- 1100 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR COUPLED WITH A COLD FRONT AND THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS TO OUR EAST WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND MOVE EAST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS. WHILE THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE A LITTLE HAIL, THE MAIN DANGER WILL BE FROM TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TONIGHT. ALONG AND NORTH OF A SCOTT CITY TO NESS CITY, LARNED AND ST JOHN IS THE AREA MOST THREATENED BY THESE STORMS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY, ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KSZ061>064-074>081-084>090-101000- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON- HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-MEADE-MORTON-PRATT-SEWARD-STANTON- STEVENS- 1100 AM CDT (1000 AM MDT) THU JUN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY, ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. JOHNSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 223 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-100400- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON- HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT- RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- 223 PM CDT (123 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH #442 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED: BARBER...CLARK...COMANCHE...EDWARDS...ELLIS...FINNEY... FORD...GRANT...GRAY...HAMILTON...HASKELL...HODGEMAN...KEARNY... KIOWA...LANE...MEADE...MORTON...NESS...PAWNEE...PRATT...RUSH... SCOTT...SEWARD...STAFFORD...STANTON...STEVENS...AND TREGO TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 12
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED INCLUDED COUNTIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 322 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-075>081-085>090-100400- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HASKELL- HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT-RUSH-SCOTT-SE WARD-STAFFORD-STEVENS-TREGO- 223 PM CDT (123 PM MDT) THU JUN 9 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH #442 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED: BARBER...CLARK...COMANCHE...EDWARDS...ELLIS...FINNEY...FORD... GRANT...GRAY...HASKELL...HODGEMAN...KEARNY...KIOWA...LANE...MEADE... NESS...PAWNEE...PRATT...RUSH...SCOTT...SEWARD...STAFFORD...STEVENS... AND TREGO. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 12
Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
504 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL 12 E MEADE STATE PARK 37.17N 100.20W
06/09/2005 1.25 INCH MEADE KS PUBLIC
&&
LACYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 31 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.