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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

March 21, 2005Harper County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2005, 3:21 PM CST for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 21, 2005, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2005, 4:00 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harper County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000
WFUS53 KICT 212121
TORICT
KSC077-212200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0002.050321T2121Z-050321T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
321 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 318 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMORITA...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CORWIN

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

LAT...LON 3700 9833 3700 9816 3715 9816 3715 9834

$$

/CARUSO
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 212134
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
334 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

KSC077-212200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050321T2200Z/
HARPER KS-
334 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM CST...

AT 331 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD 6 
MILES WEST OF WALDRON. THE WALL CLOUD AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF WALDRON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN HARPER
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CORWIN.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE 
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3700 9833 3700 9816 3715 9816 3715 9834

$$

/KETCHAM
000
WWUS53 KICT 212150
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
350 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

KSC077-212200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050321T2200Z/
HARPER KS-
350 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM CST...

AT 345 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST 
SOUTH OF CORWIN.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CORWIN...OR 14 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN HARPER
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CORWIN.

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 3700 9833 3700 9816 3715 9816 3715 9834

$$

/KETCHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 3:52 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarper53 min
Mar 21, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarper63 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.