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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 102230
TORDDC
KSC185-102315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.050410T2230Z-050410T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
MACKSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
MACKSVILLE...
DILLWYN...
SEWARD...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3783 9901 3783 9872 3825 9870 3825 9889
3799 9890 3800 9901
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KDDC 102252
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
552 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
KSC185-102315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050410T2315Z/
STAFFORD KS-
552 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 615
PM CDT...
AT 551 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTH OF RADIUM...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
SEWARD...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3783 9901 3783 9872 3825 9870 3825 9889
3799 9890 3800 9901
$$
GRZYWACZThe 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, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 66 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, 5:43 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.