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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 6:17 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 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), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 102319 TORDDC KSC185-110000- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0016.050410T2317Z-050411T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 617 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ST. JOHN... MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF ST JOHN ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF STAFFORD COUNTY... ST. JOHN... HUDSON... 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 9881 3783 9848 3825 9848 3826 9889 $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 102337 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 637 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC185-110000- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050411T0000Z/ STAFFORD KS- 637 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR STAFFORD COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUDSON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF STAFFORD COUNTY... HUDSON... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3783 9881 3783 9848 3825 9848 3826 9889 $$ GRZYWACZ
000 WWUS53 KDDC 102357 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 657 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC185-110007- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050411T0000Z/ STAFFORD KS- 657 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STAFFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT... AT 655 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 3783 9881 3783 9848 3825 9848 3826 9889 $$ 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, 4:41 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, 5:30 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 |
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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.