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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 8:28 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Sw Minneola, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 100129 TORDDC KSC025-100215- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0045.050610T0128Z-050610T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 828 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACRES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF CLARK COUNTY... ASHLAND... SITKA... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3746 10009 3705 10006 3716 9954 3746 9958 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 100140 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 839 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC025-100215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050610T0215Z/ CLARK KS- 839 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 838 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SOME ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF CLARK COUNTY... ACRES... MINNEOLA... THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3746 10009 3705 10006 3716 9954 3746 9958 $$ 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, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 31 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.