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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 10:35 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 120335 TORDDC KSC055-120400- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0025.050512T0335Z-050512T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1035 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GARDEN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY... GARDEN CITY... 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 3791 10094 3792 10071 3822 10052 3821 10087 $$ UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 120357 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1057 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 KSC055-120407- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050512T0400Z/ FINNEY KS- 1057 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT... AT 1056 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM. LAT...LON 3791 10094 3792 10071 3822 10052 3821 10087 $$ 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, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 47 min |
| May 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 20 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.