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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

April 10, 2005Barton County, Kansas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 10, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2005-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 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

$$

/LAWSON
3 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

$$

/BOWMAN
000 
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

$$

/BOWMAN
000 
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

$$

/BOWMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln57 min
Apr 10, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion46 min
Apr 10, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton39 min
Apr 10, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell38 min
Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell50 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.