Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 310159 TORDDC KSC129-310230- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0026.050531T0200Z-050531T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT(830 PM MDT) * AT 856 PM CDT(756 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY... RICHFIELD... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3739 10204 3720 10203 3719 10165 3739 10165 $$ LACY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 310212 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 911 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 KSC129-310230- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050531T0230Z/ MORTON KS- 911 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT(830 PM MDT)... AT 909 PM CDT(809 PM MDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SOME ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARTLETT...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY... RICHFIELD... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3739 10204 3720 10203 3719 10165 3739 10165 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 31 min |
| May 30, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 12 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.