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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

July 3, 2005Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2005, 6:54 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 8 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, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 6:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 851 E Colwich, KS
Jul 3, 6:58 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDColwich, KS
Jul 3, 7:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 1005 S Andale, KSREPORTED BY KFDI MOBILE UNIT. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
Jul 3, 7:06 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70N Park City, KSOCCURRED AT I-135/61ST ST NORTH INTERCHANGE.
Jul 3, 7:11 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Mount Hope, KS60 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUST ON K 96 IN MOUNT HOPE
Jul 3, 7:40 PM CDTHAIL 1West Wichita, KSREPORTED AT THE NWS OFFICE. MOSTLY PENNIES, BUT A FEW QUARTERS.
Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Wichita, KSWINDS OF AT LEAST 70 MPH DOWNED TREES AND FENCES NEAR THE 119TH ST/WEST CENTRAL INTERSECTION.
Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 70Wichita, KSWINDS OF AT LEAST 70 MPH DOWNED TREES AND FENCES NEAR THE 119TH ST/WEST CENTRAL INTERSECTION.

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, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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°0°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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 032356
TORICT
KSC173-040045-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0039.050703T2354Z-050704T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY    
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GODDARD...OR 12 MILES WEST OF     
  DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE   
  THE POSSIBLE TORNADO...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE             
  THUNDERSTORM WINDS AROUND 80 TO 90 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH 
  THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...ANDALE...CHENEY...CLEARWATER...
  COLWICH...DERBY...EAST WICHITA...GODDARD...HAYSVILLE...MAIZE...
  MOUNT HOPE...PARK CITY...VALLEY CENTER...VIOLA...DOWNTOWN
  WICHITA...NORTHEAST WICHITA AND JABARA AIRPORT...SOUTH WICHITA...
  MID CONTINENT AIRPORT...WEST WICHITA

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

LAT...LON 3759 9715 3748 9715 3747 9779 3771 9780
      3772 9769 3791 9769 3791 9715 3784 9715
      3781 9716 3760 9715

$$

JAKUB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 040007
SVSICT

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

KSC173-040045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050704T0045Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
706 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THESE 
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VALLEY 
CENTER TO VIOLA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR DOWNTOWN WICHITA BY 715 PM CDT.
  NEAR SOUTH WICHITA BY 725 PM CDT.
  NEAR MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE BY 730 PM CDT.
  NEAR DERBY BY 735 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF LAKE AFTON...KECHI...BEL AIRE AND OAKLAWN ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH.

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 3759 9715 3748 9715 3747 9779 3771 9780
      3772 9769 3791 9769 3791 9715 3784 9715
      3781 9716 3760 9715

$$

DARMOFAL
000 
WWUS53 KICT 040017
SVSICT

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

KSC173-040045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050704T0045Z/
SEDGWICK KS-
717 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTH OF NORTHEAST WICHITA AND JABARA AIRPORT TO CLEARWATER...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR SOUTH WICHITA BY 725 PM CDT.
  NEAR MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE BY 730 PM CDT.
  NEAR DERBY BY 735 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF KECHI...BEL AIRE AND OAKLAWN ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH.

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 3759 9715 3748 9715 3747 9779 3771 9780
      3772 9769 3791 9769 3791 9715 3784 9715
      3781 9716 3760 9715

$$

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, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno29 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.