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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 3:40 PM CDT for McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 4, 2005, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 4:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 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 042040 TORICT KSC113-169-042130- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0020.050604T2040Z-050604T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 340 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. EASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINDSBORG...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MCPHERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ASSARIA...GYPSUM...LINDSBORG LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3855 9778 3847 9766 3857 9738 3892 9745 $$ KLEINSASSER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 042059 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 358 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC113-042108- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050604T2130Z/ MCPHERSON KS- 358 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 357 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3868 9764 3857 9753 3860 9740 3886 9739 $$ KSC169-042130- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050604T2130Z/ SALINE KS- 358 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 350 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASSARIA...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR GYPSUM BY 415 PM CDT. 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 3868 9764 3857 9753 3860 9740 3886 9739 $$ CHANCE
000 WWUS53 KICT 042108 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 408 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC169-042130- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050604T2130Z/ SALINE KS- 408 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GYPSUM...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN SALINE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GYPSUM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3871 9753 3862 9749 3864 9739 3885 9739 $$ CHANCE
000 WWUS53 KICT 042120 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 420 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSC169-042130- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050604T2130Z/ SALINE KS- 420 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 419 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3871 9753 3862 9749 3864 9739 3885 9739 $$ CHANCE
The 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, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| 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, 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.