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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

April 10, 2005Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 5:52 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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: Apr 10, 2005, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 10, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 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 102252
TORICT
KSC167-102330-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0006.050410T2252Z-050410T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
552 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALATIA...OR 18 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GORHAM...RUSSELL

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY
BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A
DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3880 9905 3871 9903 3870 9893 3895 9871
      3894 9902

$$

/LAWSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KICT 102309
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
608 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

KSC167-102330-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050410T2330Z/
RUSSELL KS-
608 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 604 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF GORHAM...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORHAM BY  615 PM CDT.
  NEAR RUSSELL BY  625 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF GORHAM AND RUSSELL ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

AT 606 PM CDT TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3880 9905 3871 9903 3870 9893 3895 9871
      3894 9902

$$

/BOWMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	57 min
Apr 10, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Marion	46 min
Apr 10, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	39 min
Apr 10, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton	48 min
Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Russell	50 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.