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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2005, 1:27 PM CST for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 21, 2005, 1:27 PM CST (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2005, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 211928 TORDDC KSC033-212000- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0005.050321T1927Z-050321T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 127 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 200 PM CST * AT 126 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF PROTECTION...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY... PROTECTION... 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR THIS COUNTY. LAT...LON 3711 9953 3718 9932 3737 9931 3737 9953 $$ & 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 211940 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 137 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 KSC033-212000- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050321T2000Z/ COMANCHE KS- 137 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CST... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS SOUTHWEST OF PROTECTION... AT 132 PM CST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT A TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF PROTECTION...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3711 9953 3718 9932 3737 9931 3737 9953 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 211959 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 158 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 KSC033-212008- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050321T2000Z/ COMANCHE KS- 158 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWEST COMANCHE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 154 PM CST...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 3711 9953 3718 9932 3737 9931 3737 9953 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| Mar 20, 7:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| Mar 20, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 44 min |
| Mar 21, 1:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 46 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.