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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2005, 4:46 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray 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, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 4:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Ssw Ensign, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN COUNTRY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 192147 TORDDC KSC057-069-192215- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0061.051019T2146Z-051019T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 446 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO OVER NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY... THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TOWN OF ENSIGN AND DOES NOT INCLUDE DODGE CITY. 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 3757 10033 3747 10030 3747 9999 3764 10006 $$ & UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 192157 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 456 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSC057-069-192215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-051019T2215Z/ GRAY KS-FORD KS- 456 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 452 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENSIGN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM TO THE DISTANT SOUTHWEST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3757 10033 3747 10030 3747 9999 3764 10006 $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS53 KDDC 192216 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 516 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 KSC057-069-192226- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-051019T2215Z/ GRAY KS-FORD KS- 516 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 515 PM CDT... AT 513 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. 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 3757 10033 3747 10030 3747 9999 3764 10006 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 59 min |
| Oct 19, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| Oct 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Oct 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 50 min |
| Oct 19, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Pawnee | 34 min |
| Oct 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| Oct 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 29 min |
| Oct 19, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| Oct 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 36 min |
| Oct 19, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| Oct 19, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 38 min |
| Oct 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 43 min |
| Oct 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 63 min |
| Oct 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| Oct 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 18 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.