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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 15, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2005, 9:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 15, 9:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Ne Ash Valley, 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 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2864 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 160200 TORDDC KSC145-165-160230- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0051.050616T0200Z-050616T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIMKEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY... TIMKEN... 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 EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THIS COUNTY. LAT...LON 3843 9933 3830 9930 3828 9903 3853 9904 $$ RITTERLING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 160210 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 908 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 KSC145-165-160230- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-050616T0230Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS- 908 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 904 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SOME ROTATION. THIS CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST ASH VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3843 9933 3830 9930 3828 9903 3845 9903 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 160222 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 921 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 KSC145-165-160231- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-050616T0230Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS- 921 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST PAWNEE AND SOUTHEAST RUSH COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 917 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE CIRCULATION WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASH VALLEY... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3843 9933 3830 9930 3828 9903 3845 9903 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 18 min |
| Jun 15, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 12 min |
| Jun 15, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 37 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.