Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2005, 3:19 PM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 052019 TORDDC KSC069-081-052045- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.050405T2020Z-050405T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WESTERN GRAY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN GRAY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... 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 3779 10045 3779 10061 3753 10077 3756 10063 $$ UMSCHEID
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 052030 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 328 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSC069-081-052045- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050405T2045Z/ GRAY KS-HASKELL KS- 328 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN GRAY AND EASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 320 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN GRAY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3779 10045 3779 10061 3753 10077 3756 10063 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 052038 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 336 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSC069-081-052045- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050405T2045Z/ GRAY KS-HASKELL KS- 336 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN GRAY AND EASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 333 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF COPELAND...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN GRAY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 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. LAT...LON 3779 10045 3779 10061 3753 10077 3756 10063 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 052044 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 344 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSC069-081-052054- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050405T2045Z/ GRAY KS-HASKELL KS- 344 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HASKELL AND WEST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT... AT 341 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF COPELAND...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. LAT...LON 3779 10045 3779 10061 3753 10077 3756 10063 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 43 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.