Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 9:12 PM CDT for Finney County, Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
WFUS53 KDDC 120212
TORDDC
KSC055-067-093-120245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0022.050512T0212Z-050512T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
912 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH OF LAKIN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY...
LAKIN...
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 3762 10135 3761 10112 3774 10109 3794 10092
3795 10127
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KDDC 120231
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
929 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
KSC055-067-093-120245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050512T0245Z/
KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-GRANT KS-
929 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...SOUTHWESTERN
FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED
SPOTTER CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION
OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF HICKOK...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY...
LAKIN...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
AT 916 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO THAT
WAS ROPING OUT 11 MILES NORTH OF HICKOK.
LAT...LON 3762 10135 3761 10112 3774 10109 3794 10092
3795 10127
$$
LACYThe 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, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 44 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, 9:43 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 |
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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.