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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Wichita, KS

August 19, 2005Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

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.

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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, 6:03 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Little River, KS6 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

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 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

$$

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2 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

$$

BOWMAN
000 
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

$$

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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, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice34 min
Aug 19, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMcPherson, Saline60 min
Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion36 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.