Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 6:12 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 102312
TORICT
KSC009-110000-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0007.050410T2312Z-050411T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GREAT BEND...HOISINGTON...SUSANK
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 3838 9897 3829 9884 3853 9863 3867 9874
3855 9891
$$
/LAWSON3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 102317
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
616 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
KSC009-110000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050411T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
616 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN BARTON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM
CDT...
AT 612 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE...
NEAR HOISINGTON BY 645 PM CDT.
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUSANK BY 700 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF GREAT BEND AIRPORT IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
LAT...LON 3838 9897 3829 9884 3853 9863 3867 9874
3855 9891
$$
/BOWMAN000
WWUS53 KICT 102328
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
628 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
KSC009-110000-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050411T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
628 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN BARTON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM
CDT...
AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOISINGTON...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF GREAT
BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR HOISINGTON BY 630 PM CDT.
NEAR SUSANK BY 645 PM CDT.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3838 9897 3829 9884 3853 9863 3867 9874
3855 9891
$$
/BOWMAN000
WWUS53 KICT 102342
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
642 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
KSC009-102352-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050411T0000Z/
BARTON KS-
642 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 638 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3838 9897 3829 9884 3853 9863 3867 9874
3855 9891
$$
/BOWMANThe 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, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 38 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.