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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2005, 1:24 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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
- Jul 3, 2005, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 2:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 4 Nw Bison, KS | |
| Jul 3, 1:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Otis, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. REPORT RECEIVED FROM KSNW. |
| Jul 3, 1:55 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Otis, KS | |
| Jul 3, 2:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sse Shaffer, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 031824 TORDDC KSC165-031900- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0057.050703T1824Z-050703T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 124 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER LA CROSSE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WILL ALSO OCCUR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH COUNTY... BISON... TIMKEN... SHAFFER... OTIS... 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 3868 9930 3841 9935 3835 9904 3868 9905 $$ FINCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 031850 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 149 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 KSC165-031900- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050703T1900Z/ RUSH KS- 149 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 146 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAFFER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RUSH COUNTY... SHAFFER... AT 130 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF OTIS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3868 9930 3841 9935 3835 9904 3868 9905 $$ & FINCH
000 WWUS53 KDDC 031904 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 204 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 KSC165-031914- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050703T1900Z/ RUSH KS- 204 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT... AT 203 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3868 9930 3841 9935 3835 9904 3868 9905 $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 72 min |
| Jul 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 73 min |
| Jul 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 67 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.