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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 9:43 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 120244 TORDDC KSC055-093-120330- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0023.050512T0243Z-050512T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 943 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF DEERFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KEARNY COUNTY... DEERFIELD... HOLCOMB... GARDEN CITY... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A LARGE TORNADO 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3788 10119 3777 10114 3794 10074 3819 10105 $$ UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 120304 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1003 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC055-093-120330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050512T0330Z/ KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS- 1003 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN KEARNY AND WESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 1001 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KEARNY COUNTY... HOLCOMB... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3788 10119 3777 10114 3794 10074 3819 10105 $$ LACY
The 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, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Kearny | 33 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.