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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Madison, KS | |
| Jun 30, 6:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Madison, KS | |
| Jun 30, 6:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Virgil, KS | |
| Jun 30, 6:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | N Madison, KS | |
| Jun 30, 6:56 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Sw Virgil, KS | |
| Jun 30, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Virgil, KS | HAIL WAS DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 30, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 302315 TORICT KSC073-010000- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0025.050630T2315Z-050701T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 615 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF MADISON...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... HAMILTON...MADISON LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES...WHICH OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO. LAT...LON 3816 9634 3801 9636 3791 9597 3816 9596 $$ KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 302327 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 625 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 KSC073-010000- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050701T0000Z/ GREENWOOD KS- 625 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISON...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF EUREKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TOWN OF VIRGIL IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3816 9634 3801 9636 3791 9597 3816 9596 $$ JAKUB
000 WWUS53 KICT 302347 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 645 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 KSC073-010000- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050701T0000Z/ GREENWOOD KS- 645 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUREKA... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TOWN OF VIRGIL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADIC STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3816 9634 3801 9636 3791 9597 3816 9596 $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Woodson | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.