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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT for McPherson County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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
- Jul 3, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 4:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McPherson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 822 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 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 032128 TORICT KSC113-032215- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0034.050703T2128Z-050703T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 428 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCPHERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CANTON...GALVA...MCPHERSON THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3842 9767 3822 9768 3819 9737 3844 9737 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 032136 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 436 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 KSC113-032215- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050703T2215Z/ MCPHERSON KS- 436 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCPHERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR CANTON BY 450 PM CDT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3842 9767 3822 9768 3819 9737 3844 9737 $$ KED
000 WWUS53 KICT 032143 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 443 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 KSC113-032153- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050703T2215Z/ MCPHERSON KS- 443 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 441 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3842 9767 3822 9768 3819 9737 3844 9737 $$ DARMOFAL
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, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 47 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, 4:34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.