Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 1:09 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 3, 2005, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 1:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 2565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 031810 TORDDC KSC135-031845- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0029.050603T1809Z-050603T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 109 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 145 PM CDT(1245 PM MDT) * AT 107 PM CDT(1207 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY... RANSOM... 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 3845 10023 3843 9993 3867 9982 3866 10023 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 031826 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 125 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSC135-031845- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050603T1845Z/ NESS KS- 125 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CDT(1245 PM MDT)... AT 125 PM CDT(1225 PM MDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3W RANSOM...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY... RANSOM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3845 10023 3843 9993 3867 9982 3866 10023 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 031835 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 134 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSC135-031844- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050603T1845Z/ NESS KS- 134 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 133 PM CDT(1233 PM MDT)...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 CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF RANSOM...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.. LAT...LON 3845 10023 3843 9993 3867 9982 3866 10023 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 21 min |
| Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 30 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.