Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2005, 6:24 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2005, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 122324 TORDDC KSC051-130000- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0059.050912T2324Z-050913T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 624 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF YOCEMENTO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3912 9959 3897 9953 3901 9916 3913 9916 $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 122344 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 644 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 KSC051-130000- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050913T0000Z/ ELLIS KS- 644 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF PLAINVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3912 9959 3897 9953 3901 9916 3913 9916 $$ RITTERLING
000 WWUS53 KDDC 122358 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 658 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 KSC051-130008- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050913T0000Z/ ELLIS KS- 658 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT... AT 655 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. LAT...LON 3912 9959 3897 9953 3901 9916 3913 9916 $$ RITTERLING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 42 min |
| Sep 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| Sep 12, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.