Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 7:31 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 9, 2005, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 8:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 100031 TORDDC KSC051-100130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0042.050610T0031Z-050610T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 731 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF ELLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY... ELLIS... CATHERINE... EMMERAM... 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 3911 9957 3885 9958 3887 9906 3910 9905 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 100045 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 745 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC051-100130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050610T0130Z/ ELLIS KS- 745 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 742 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SOME ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF ZURICH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3913 9958 3899 9958 3898 9912 3913 9916 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 100102 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 802 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC051-100112- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050610T0130Z/ ELLIS KS- 802 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 759 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 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 3913 9958 3899 9958 3898 9912 3913 9916 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 42 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.