Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 30 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
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005
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.