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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 5:28 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 6:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Little River, KS | 6 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 192228
TORICT
KSC053-159-192330-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0043.050819T2228Z-050819T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
528 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GENESEO...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GENESEO...LITTLE RIVER...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. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STORM MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3845 9830 3838 9811 3839 9793 3852 9793
3878 9793 3877 9805
$$
SEDLOCK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 192237
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
KSC053-159-192330-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050819T2330Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
536 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RICE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 3845 9830 3838 9811 3839 9793 3852 9793
3878 9793 3877 9805
$$
BOWMAN000
WWUS53 KICT 192301
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
KSC053-159-192310-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050819T2330Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS-
600 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN
ELLSWORTH COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 557 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 UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.
BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR
A WARNING ISSUED.
STORMS STILL EXIST IN THESE COUNTIES WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL TO PENNY SIZE. A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR THESE TWO COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3845 9830 3838 9811 3839 9793 3852 9793
3878 9793 3877 9805
$$
SEDLOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 36 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.