Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2005, 5:40 PM CDT for McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 6:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 S Marquette, KS | |
| Aug 19, 6:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 Nw Mcpherson, KS | 50-70 MPH WIND GUSTS |
| Aug 19, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 72 | Lindsborg, KS | REPORTED FROM KSN WEATHER LAB |
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 927 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 192240 TORICT KSC113-169-192345- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0044.050819T2240Z-050819T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 645 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 NEAR KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ASSARIA...BROOKVILLE...GYPSUM...LINDSBORG...MARQUETTE...NEW CAMBRIA...SALINA...SMOLAN THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3881 9792 3838 9792 3844 9742 3893 9743 $$ SEDLOCK
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 192249 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 549 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC113-169-192345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-050819T2345Z/ SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS- 549 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARQUETTE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCPHERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR LINDSBORG BY 605 PM CDT. NEAR ASSARIA BY 620 PM CDT. NEAR GYPSUM BY 635 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF BRIDGEPORT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3881 9792 3838 9792 3844 9742 3893 9743 $$ BOWMAN
000 WWUS53 KICT 192300 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 559 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC113-169-192345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-050819T2345Z/ SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS- 559 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARQUETTE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCPHERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE... NEAR LINDSBORG BY 605 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF BRIDGEPORT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3881 9792 3838 9792 3844 9742 3893 9743 $$ BOWMAN
000 WWUS53 KICT 192317 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 617 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC113-169-192345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-050819T2345Z/ SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS- 617 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINDSBORG...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MCPHERSON... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL OR LARGER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3881 9792 3838 9792 3844 9742 3893 9743 $$ BOWMAN
000 WWUS53 KICT 192340 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 640 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 KSC113-169-192350- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-050819T2345Z/ SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS- 640 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 634 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND 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. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN, OR A WARNING ISSUED. LAT...LON 3881 9792 3838 9792 3844 9742 3893 9743 $$ BOWMAN
The 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, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 36 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.