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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Wichita, KS

July 3, 2005Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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
Jul 3, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2005, 6:55 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG10 E Pretty Prairie, KS*** 6 INJ *** 6 MINOR INJURIES REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANGAGEMENT AT CHENEY LAKE. NWS RECEIVED REPORT AROUND 930 PM. HOWEVER, AFTER TALKING TO OFFICIALS, LOOKING AT RADAR DATA AND GOING BACK OVER PATHCAST TIMES IN WARNINGS, ESTIMATED TIME OF OCCURANCE WAS AROUN
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 E Pretty Prairie, KSSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 80 MPH LEVELED A MOBILE HOME. TIME IS AN APPROXIMATION BASED ON NEARBY EVENTS.
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 80Haven, KSESTIMATED 80 MPH WIND GUSTS
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Haven, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 586 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-405 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KICT 032327
TORICT
KSC155-040000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0038.050703T2326Z-050704T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
626 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY    
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF HAVEN...OR 19 MILES   
  NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HAVEN...PRETTY PRAIRIE

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED 
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3793 9796 3773 9806 3773 9771 3791 9771

$$

JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KICT 032355
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
655 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

KSC155-040005-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050704T0000Z/
RENO KS-
655 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 653 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. BE READY TO SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3793 9796 3773 9806 3773 9771 3791 9771

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Reno36 min
Jul 3, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton47 min
Jul 3, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton49 min
Jul 3, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice55 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRice27 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson50 min
Jul 3, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton47 min
Jul 3, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson15 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno56 min
Jul 3, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno52 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno49 min
Jul 3, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson46 min
Jul 3, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman39 min
Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick67 min
Jul 3, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman67 min
Jul 3, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick51 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.