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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT for Kearny 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
- Jun 3, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 128 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 032300 TORDDC KSC093-032330- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0032.050603T2300Z-050603T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 630 PM CDT(530 PM MDT) * AT 558 PM CDT(458 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL 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. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE AND FIND A STURDY SHELTER. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THIS COUNTY. LAT...LON 3780 10138 3780 10128 3793 10128 3793 10143 $$ GRZYWACZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 032315 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 615 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSC093-032330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050603T2330Z/ KEARNY KS- 615 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT(530 PM MDT)... AT 611 PM CDT(511 PM MDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF LAKIN... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3780 10138 3780 10128 3793 10128 3793 10143 $$ GRZYWACZ
000 WWUS53 KDDC 032330 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSC093-032338- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050603T2330Z/ KEARNY KS- 630 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... AT 624 PM CDT...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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3780 10138 3780 10128 3793 10128 3793 10143 $$ 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, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 21 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.