Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2005, 4:42 PM CST for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 21, 2005, 4:42 PM CST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2005, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Harper County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 212245 TORICT KSC077-212345- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0004.050321T2242Z-050321T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 442 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 438 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ANTHONY...BLUFF CITY...HARPER ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAKITA IN GRANT COUNTY...OKLAHOMA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS TORNADIC STORM COULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW LAT...LON 3700 9812 3701 9780 3733 9781 3732 9820 $$ /CARUSO
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 212307 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 507 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 KSC077-212345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050321T2345Z/ HARPER KS- 507 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN HARPER COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 504 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUFF CITY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR BLUFF CITY BY 515 PM CST. NEAR ANTHONY BY 535 PM CST. 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARPER BY 545 PM CST. THE TOWNS OF FREEPORT AND DANVILLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3700 9812 3701 9780 3733 9781 3732 9820 $$ /DARMOFAL
000 WWUS53 KICT 212328 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 527 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 KSC077-212345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050321T2345Z/ HARPER KS- 527 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN HARPER COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 522 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF BLUFF CITY...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTHONY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR ANTHONY BY 535 PM CST. 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARPER BY 545 PM CST. 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 3700 9812 3701 9780 3733 9781 3732 9820 $$ /DARMOFAL
000 WWUS53 KICT 212342 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 542 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 KSC077-212352- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050321T2345Z/ HARPER KS- 542 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HARPER COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 540 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3700 9812 3701 9780 3733 9781 3732 9820 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 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.