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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2005, 1:43 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 3, 2005, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 W Great Bend, KS | LARGE HAIL AND LARGE TREES IN THE ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 031844 TORICT KSC009-031930- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0030.050703T1843Z-050703T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 143 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTIS...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALBERT...GALATIA...GREAT BEND...HOISINGTON...OLMITZ...SUSANK THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 80 MPH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3867 9902 3829 9902 3827 9868 3862 9858 $$ KLEINSASSER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KICT 031907 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 204 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 KSC009-031930- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050703T1930Z/ BARTON KS- 204 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARTON COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBERT...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND... AND MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR GREAT BEND BY 215 PM CDT. AT 130 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF OTIS IN EXTREME EASTERN RUSH COUNTY LAT...LON 3867 9902 3829 9902 3827 9868 3862 9858 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 15 min |
| Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 51 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.