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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2005, 5:53 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 16, 2005, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2005, 6:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 16, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | 9 W Englewood, 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 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 162254 TORDDC KSC119-162330- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0052.050616T2253Z-050616T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 553 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 3709 10028 3700 10025 3700 10009 3708 10009 $$ KRUSE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 162302 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 601 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC119-162330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050616T2330Z/ MEADE KS- 601 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 558 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED A DISTINCT WALL CLOUDS AND A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3709 10028 3700 10025 3700 10009 3708 10009 $$ & LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 162313 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 611 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC119-162330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050616T2330Z/ MEADE KS- 611 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 611 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF ENGLEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY... THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3709 10028 3700 10025 3700 10009 3708 10009 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 162322 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 622 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC119-162332- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050616T2330Z/ MEADE KS- 622 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MEADE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 619 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA BORDER AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY IN MEADE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3709 10028 3700 10025 3700 10009 3708 10009 $$ 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, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 22 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, 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.