Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 min |
| Mar 21, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 63 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.