Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 6:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 E Sublette, KS | |
| Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Sublette, KS | BASEBALL HAIL ALSO IN PROGRESS. |
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, 11.5 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 162331 TORDDC KSC081-170015- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0053.050616T2330Z-050617T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUBLETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... SUBLETTE... TICE... 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 3760 10076 3759 10092 3739 10086 3739 10066 $$ KRUSE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 162347 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 646 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC081-170015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-050617T0015Z/ HASKELL KS- 646 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 645 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TICE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... TICE... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. AT 645 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL HAIL 6 MILES EAST OF SUBLETTE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3759 10065 3759 10092 3739 10086 3739 10065 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 162355 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 654 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC081-170015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-050617T0015Z/ HASKELL KS- 654 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF TICE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... TICE... AT 645 PM A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUBLETTE ALONG WITH BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 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 3759 10065 3759 10092 3739 10086 3739 10065 $$ & LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 170013 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 714 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSC081-170024- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-050617T0015Z/ HASKELL KS- 714 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT... AT 712 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3759 10065 3759 10092 3739 10086 3739 10065 $$ 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, 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, 6:45 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.