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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 4:41 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
- Apr 10, 2005, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2005, 5:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 102143 TORDDC KSC051-165-102245- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0011.050410T2141Z-050410T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 441 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTONINO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR HARGRAVE ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY... LIEBENTHAL... SCHOENCHEN... ANTONINO... HAYS... YOCEMENTO... ELLIS... CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3870 9960 3849 9935 3897 9926 3913 9959 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 102209 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 508 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC051-165-102245- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050410T2245Z/ ELLIS KS-RUSH KS- 508 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN ELLIS AND NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 504 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHOENCHEN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY... LIEBENTHAL... SCHOENCHEN... ANTONINO... HAYS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3870 9960 3849 9935 3897 9926 3913 9959 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 102247 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 547 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC051-165-102257- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050410T2245Z/ ELLIS KS-RUSH KS- 547 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 545 PM CDT... AT 545 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 TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3870 9960 3849 9935 3897 9926 3913 9959 $$ GRZYWACZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 15 min |
| Apr 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 43 min |
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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.