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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Wichita, KS

August 19, 2005Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 4:56 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
Aug 19, 2005, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 19, 5:05 PM CDTTORNADO1 S Bushton, KSRAIN WRAPPED TORNADO
Aug 19, 5:09 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sw Geneseo, 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
Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1390 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 192156
TORICT
KSC009-053-159-192230-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0042.050819T2156Z-050819T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
456 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHASE...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BUSHTON...CLAFLIN...GENESEO...HOLYROOD...LITTLE RIVER...LORRAINE...
  KANOPOLIS STATE PARK

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

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

OTHER STRONG CIRCULATIONS WERE NOTED ON RADAR IN EXTREME EASTERN 
BARTON COUNTY NORTHEAST OF ELLINWOOD.

LAT...LON 3851 9858 3836 9857 3837 9792 3852 9793
      3869 9793 3870 9847 3862 9848

$$

SEDLOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 192216
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
514 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

KSC009-053-159-192230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050819T2230Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS-
514 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN RICE...EASTERN BARTON AND
SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 509 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO4 MILES 
SOUTH OF GENESEO.  THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GENESEO...OR 19 
MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER 
TORNADO WAS REPORTED 1 MILE SOUTH OF BUSHTON AT 504 PM. THIS STORM 
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH 

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER BY  520 PM CDT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3851 9858 3836 9857 3837 9792 3852 9793
      3869 9793 3870 9847 3862 9848

$$

BOWMAN
000 
WWUS53 KICT 192223
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
523 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

KSC009-192233-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050819T2230Z/
BARTON KS-
523 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 518 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3869 9794 3838 9793 3837 9847 3865 9847
      3866 9846 3870 9846

$$

KSC053-159-192230-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050819T2230Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
523 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN RICE AND SOUTHERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GENESEO...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RICE AND
SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GENESEO.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3869 9794 3838 9793 3837 9847 3865 9847
      3866 9846 3870 9846

$$

BOWMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 11:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln63 min
Aug 19, 3:57 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyICTBarton48 min
Aug 19, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton51 min
Aug 19, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton23 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice63 min
Aug 19, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice33 min
Aug 19, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson, Saline60 min
Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion36 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.