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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 10, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2005, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 101911 TORDDC KSC101-171-101945- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0008.050410T1910Z-050410T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 210 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNING TO AMY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LANE COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY... SCOTT STATE LAKE... HEALY... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING PREFERABLY UNDERGROUND. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 3858 10099 3829 10045 3868 10041 3867 10110 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 101929 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 227 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC101-171-101945- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050410T1945Z/ SCOTT KS-LANE KS- 227 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 225 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF SCOTT STATE LAKE TO AMY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LANE COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY... HEALY... SHIELDS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3858 10099 3829 10045 3868 10041 3867 10110 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 101944 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 244 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC101-171-101954- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050410T1945Z/ SCOTT KS-LANE KS- 244 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LANE AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT... AT 243 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. LAT...LON 3858 10099 3829 10045 3868 10041 3867 10110 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 15 min |
| Apr 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 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.