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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 5:58 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 6:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 032259 TORDDC KSC189-032330- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0031.050603T2258Z-050603T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 558 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 630 PM CDT(530 PM MDT) * AT 554 PM CDT(454 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOSCOW... MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY... MOSCOW... CAVE... 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 3723 10123 3721 10108 3738 10108 3738 10123 $$ && GRZYWACZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 032313 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 613 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSC189-032330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050603T2330Z/ STEVENS KS- 613 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT(530 PM MDT)... AT 611 PM CDT(511 PM MDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAVE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY... MOSCOW... CAVE... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3723 10123 3721 10108 3738 10108 3738 10123 $$ GRZYWACZ
000 WWUS53 KDDC 032319 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSC189-032330- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050603T2330Z/ STEVENS KS- 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 620 PM CDT(520 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. LAT...LON 3723 10123 3721 10108 3738 10108 3738 10123 $$ 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, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 30 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.