Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 9:01 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 100201 TORDDC KSC119-100245- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0046.050610T0201Z-050610T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 901 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHERN BEAVER COUNTY OKLAHOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEADE 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. 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 3701 10061 3700 10009 3710 10010 3736 10011 $$ LACY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 100216 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 916 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC119-100245- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050610T0245Z/ MEADE KS- 916 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 912 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3701 10061 3700 10009 3710 10010 3736 10011 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 100230 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 929 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 KSC119-100245- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050610T0245Z/ MEADE KS- 929 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 925 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS AREA OF ROTATION WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER. 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 3701 10061 3700 10009 3710 10010 3736 10011 $$ 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, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 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.