Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 9:55 PM CDT for Cowley 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
- Jun 3, 2005, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 040256
TORICT
KSC035-040330-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0012.050604T0255Z-050604T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 952 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY...OR 11 MILES
SOUTH OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
ANOTHER STORM WITH ROTATION WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF
STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ARKANSAS CITY...BURDEN...WINFIELD
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW
LAT...LON 3713 9713 3704 9713 3705 9689 3731 9660
3743 9697
$$
DARMOFAL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 040308
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1009 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005
KSC035-040330-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T0330Z/
COWLEY KS-
1009 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1030
PM CDT...
AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR BURDEN BY 1030 PM CDT.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3713 9713 3704 9713 3705 9689 3731 9660
3743 9697
$$
DARMOFAL000
WWUS53 KICT 040318
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1017 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005
KSC035-040330-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T0330Z/
COWLEY KS-
1017 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1030
PM CDT...
AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEXTER...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR BURDEN BY 1025 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
ANOTHER STORM, WITH STRONG ROTATION, WAS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MAPLE CITY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3713 9713 3704 9713 3705 9689 3731 9660
3743 9697
$$
DARMOFALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 2:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Woodson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.