Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2005, 6:44 PM CDT for Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Yates Center, KS | |
| Jun 30, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W Yates Center, KS | |
| Jun 30, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Yates Center, KS |
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, 11.7 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.
- 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 302344 TORICT KSC207-010045- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0026.050630T2344Z-050701T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 644 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 745 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMILTON...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUREKA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... NEOSHO FALLS...YATES CENTER LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3803 9595 3789 9595 3780 9553 3803 9552 $$ KETCHAM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 010005 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 704 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 KSC207-010045- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050701T0045Z/ WOODSON KS- 704 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN WOODSON COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 658 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIRGIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF TORONTO...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR YATES CENTER BY 720 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3803 9595 3789 9595 3780 9553 3803 9552 $$ JAKUB
000
WWUS53 KICT 010021
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
720 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
KSC207-010045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050701T0045Z/
WOODSON KS-
720 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...
AT 717 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NORTHWEST OF BATESVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF YATES CENTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN WOODSON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ROSE.
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.
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 3790 9583 3780 9590 3773 9580 3773 9554
3785 9554
$$
JAKUB000
WWUS53 KICT 010044
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
KSC207-010054-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050701T0045Z/
WOODSON KS-
744 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WOODSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...
AT 738 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LARGE
HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM IN SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF
THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3790 9583 3780 9590 3773 9580 3773 9554
3785 9554
$$
JAKUBThe 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, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.