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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 3, 2005Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 5:32 PM CDT for Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 6:04 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2565 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 032232
TORDDC
KSC067-093-032300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0030.050603T2232Z-050603T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
532 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT(500 PM MDT)

* AT 528 PM CDT(428 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LOCAL LAW
  ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...
  RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY...

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 3769 10149 3770 10133 3782 10133 3781 10150

$$

&

GRZYWACZ
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 032243
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
542 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

KSC067-093-032300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050603T2300Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-
542 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN KEARNY AND NORTHERN 
GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT(500 PM MDT)...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN KEARNY AND 
NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT(500 PM CDT)...

AT 537 PM CDT(437 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION WITH A STORM WAS LOCATED 11 
MILES NORTH OF ULYSSES. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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 533 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND 11 MILES NORTH OF ULYSSES.

LAT...LON 3769 10149 3770 10133 3782 10133 3781 10150

$$

GRZYWACZ
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 032304
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
603 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

KSC067-093-032313-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050603T2300Z/
KEARNY KS-GRANT KS-
603 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN KEARNY 
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 558 PM CDT(458 PM MDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3769 10149 3770 10133 3782 10133 3781 10150

$$

GRZYWACZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess26 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny30 min
Jun 3, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStevens21 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny30 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.