Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2005, 2:41 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 5, 2005, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 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 051943 TORDDC KSC175-052015- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0006.050405T1941Z-050405T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 241 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYNE... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY... HAYNE... LIBERAL... 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 3721 10072 3713 10092 3701 10099 3701 10077 $$ & UMSCHEID
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 051950 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 248 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSC175-052015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050405T2015Z/ SEWARD KS- 248 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 246 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH AND 4 MILES WEST OF KISMET. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KISMET TO NEAR LIBERAL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY... LIBERAL... HAYNE... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL BE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3721 10072 3713 10092 3701 10099 3701 10077 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 052002 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 259 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSC175-052015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050405T2015Z/ SEWARD KS- 259 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 246 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH AND 4 MILES WEST OF KISMET. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KISMET TO NEAR LIBERAL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY... HAYNE... LIBERAL... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL BE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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 3721 10072 3713 10092 3701 10099 3701 10077 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 052014 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 314 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSC175-052024- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050405T2015Z/ SEWARD KS- 314 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT... AT 311 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.. LAT...LON 3721 10072 3713 10092 3701 10099 3701 10077 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.