Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 4:43 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2005, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 5:09 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), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 W Arnold, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 3849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 092143 TORDDC KSC135-092245- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0033.050609T2143Z-050609T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 443 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NESS COUNTY... UTICA... ARNOLD... RANSOM... BROWNELL... 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 3852 9966 3867 9965 3868 10022 3849 10022 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 092157 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 457 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC135-092245- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050609T2245Z/ NESS KS- 457 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 454 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARNOLD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY... ARNOLD... RANSOM... BROWNELL... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3850 9987 3869 9971 3869 10020 3851 10021 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 092209 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 508 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC135-092218- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050609T2245Z/ NESS KS- 508 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 507 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3850 9987 3869 9971 3869 10020 3851 10021 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.