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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

June 3, 2005Chautauqua County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 11:57 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chautauqua County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 506 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 040459
TORICT
KSC019-040530-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0015.050604T0457Z-050604T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1157 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR VALE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF SEDAN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WITH ROTATION WAS LOCATED
  IN NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY OKLAHOMA, NEAR GRAINOLA, AND COULD AFFECT
  EXTREME SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY AS WELL.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHAUTAUQUA...SEDAN

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

LAT...LON 3728 9650 3700 9651 3701 9613 3729 9615

$$

DARMOFAL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KICT 040514
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1213 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

KSC019-040530-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050604T0530Z/
CHAUTAUQUA KS-
1213 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL
1230 AM CDT...

AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF CEDAR VALE...OR 12 MILES WEST
OF SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA 
COUNTY, INCLUDING AREAS NEAR SEDAN.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STRONG ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE WALL CLOUD
JUST SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR VALE.

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.

LAT...LON 3728 9650 3700 9651 3701 9613 3729 9615

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley25 min
Jun 3, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley42 min
Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase, Marion6 hr
Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley35 min
Jun 3, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley31 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley32 min
Jun 3, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley23 min
Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley32 min
Jun 3, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua44 min
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Elk5 hr
Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua19 min
Jun 4, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery20 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery32 min
Jun 4, 2:01 AM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette, Montgomery24 min
Jun 4, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Greenwood6 hr
Jun 4, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTWoodson3 hr
Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson, Saline40 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase51 min
Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley61 min
Jun 4, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood50 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley61 min
Jun 4, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Cowley47 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley65 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick28 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood61 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.