Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 58, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 3:31 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 19, 2005, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Timken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 192031 TORDDC KSC165-192115- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0058.050819T2031Z-050819T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 331 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIMKEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY... 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 3834 9936 3835 9903 3854 9903 3848 9924 $$ UMSCHEID
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 192043 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 342 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC165-192115- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-050819T2115Z/ RUSH KS- 342 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 338 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. IN ADDITION, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD IN OTIS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF ASH VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY... TIMKEN... SHAFFER... OTIS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CIRCULATION. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3834 9936 3835 9903 3854 9903 3848 9924 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 192054 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 353 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC165-192115- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-050819T2115Z/ RUSH KS- 353 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 351 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. IN ADDITION, SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASH VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY... TIMKEN... SHAFFER... OTIS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3834 9936 3835 9903 3854 9903 3848 9924 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 192103 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 402 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC165-192115- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-050819T2115Z/ RUSH KS- 402 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 359 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHAFFER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY... SHAFFER... OTIS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3834 9936 3835 9903 3854 9903 3848 9924 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 192115 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 414 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC165-192124- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-050819T2115Z/ RUSH KS- 414 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... AT 412 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. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALBERT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT 350 PM A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SCHOENCHEN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3834 9936 3835 9903 3854 9903 3848 9924 $$ & GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 19 min |
| Aug 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 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.