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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 19, 2005Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2005, 4:31 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
Oct 19, 2005, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 19, 4:36 PM CDTTORNADO9 Nw Meade, KSBRIEF ROPE TORNADO

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 192131
TORDDC
KSC119-192200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0060.051019T2131Z-051019T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
431 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MISSLER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY...
  MISSLER...
  MEADE...
  FOWLER...

A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER WITH 
THIS STORM AT 425 PM CDT.

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 3740 10061 3722 10056 3732 10016 3747 10017
      3747 10055

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 192142 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
441 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

KSC119-192200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-051019T2200Z/
MEADE KS-
441 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...

AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF MISSLER...AND 
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 436 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEADE.

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 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3740 10061 3722 10056 3732 10016 3747 10017
      3747 10055

$$

&

UMSCHEID
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 192201
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
501 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

KSC119-192211-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-051019T2200Z/
MEADE KS-
501 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500 PM...

AT 459 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT 
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3740 10061 3722 10056 3732 10016 3747 10017
      3747 10055

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade59 min
Oct 19, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford23 min
Oct 19, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade51 min
Oct 19, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee40 min
Oct 19, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Seward50 min
Oct 19, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Pawnee34 min
Oct 19, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord39 min
Oct 19, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray44 min
Oct 19, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray29 min
Oct 19, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman36 min
Oct 19, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord41 min
Oct 19, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman38 min
Oct 19, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark43 min
Oct 19, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee63 min
Oct 19, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord36 min
Oct 19, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush18 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.