4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 2:40 PM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 340 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... THIS AFTN AND THIS EVE: ELEVATED CONVECTION IS NOW STARTING TO MOVE BACK TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA INTO NERN KS AND BELIEVE THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA AS MCV IN OK HELPS PUSH THIS AREA OF SHRA NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. SO MAY SEE A LULL IN THE CONVECTION AS FIRST AREA MOVES NE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CONVECTION IN OK BEGINS TO MOVE RAPIDLY NE BACK INTO THE AREA. SOME RECOVERY NOTED SOUTHWEST OF ICT, AS SOME CLEARING HAS OCCURRED AFTER INITIAL ROUND OF CONVECTION, WITH A NEW LINE OF CONVECTION FIRING UP ACROSS CEN OK. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AREA FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILE LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING UPDRAFTS AS MCV MOVES ACROSS THIS AREA. INSTABILITY FOR SEVERE THREAT WILL DEPEND ON AMOUNT OF RECOVERY, BUT PROBABLY ENOUGH FOR SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. AS THE MCV ROTATES NE INTO THE AREA, EXPECT OK CONVECTION TO MOVE NE BACK INTO THE AREA. WITH LOTS OF UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF THE MCV, EXPECT ANOTHER WIDESPREAD AREA OF TSRA TO MOVE ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUND IN SERN/CEN KS. HAVE ALREADY POSTED A FLOOD WATCH WITH THIS IN MIND FOR CEN/SERN KS. DID NOT INCLUDE AREAS SOUTHWEST OF ICT WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER. OVERNIGHT: ISENTROPIC LIFT AND UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT, SO WILL CONTINUE WITH LKLY POPS FOR AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH GREATEST CONVECTION THREAT EXPECTED BEFORE 09Z/SAT. WILL ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL AS PRECIP WATER VALUES REMAIN HIGH. SAT-SUN: EXPECT OVERNIGHT SHRA/TSRA TO COME TO AN END EARLY SAT, BUT SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LURK ACROSS CEN KS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY STILL AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY MAINLY EAST OF THE TURNPIKE. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION, BUT STILL COULD SEE SOME DIURNAL CONVECTION, SO WILL KEEP A LOW POP ACROSS THE AREA FOR THIS THREAT. INSTABILITY ALSO SUGGESTS THAT ANY STORM THAT CAN GET GOING, COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL, BUT 0-6KM SHEAR LOOKS LIMITED FOR LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. SHORTWAVE IN THE ROCKIES MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY, WITH DRYLINE/BOUNDARY PROGGED TO BE LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG I-135 DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. MODELS DIFFER ON PLACEMENT AND STRENGTH OF THE EASTWARD PUSH TO THIS LINE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY, BUT WITH LOTS OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE AGAIN FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SO WILL KEEP POPS IN AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF ICT WITH UNCERTAINTY OF PLACEMENT. MON: MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR IN SHORTWAVE MOVING NE OF THE AREA ON MON WITH WEAK RIDGING EXPECT TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE POPS REMOVED DURING THIS TIME FRAME, BUT FOR LEFT LOW POPS IN FOR NOW FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE. TUE-THU: SW FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA FOR THIS TIME FRAME, AS IMPULSES CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE SWRN US INTO THE CEN PLAINS. TRYING TO PINPOINT BEST RAIN CHANCES DURING THIS TIME FRAME IS DIFFICULT, AT BEST, AS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING OF SHORTWAVES TO EJECT INTO THE AREA. MODELS DO SUGGEST THAT A QUASI STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE IN THE AREA FOR CONVERGENCE, WITH MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE SOUTH CONTINUING THROUGH THE PERIOD. SO WILL KEEP LOW POPS FOR THIS TIME FRAME, BUT DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A TOTAL WASH OUT, JUST HARD TO PIN DOWN DRY PERIODS. WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCES ALONG THE BOUNDARY ON WED AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 65 85 63 88 / 70 40 30 20 HUTCHINSON 65 84 62 87 / 70 40 30 20 NEWTON 65 85 63 86 / 70 40 30 20 ELDORADO 65 86 64 87 / 70 40 40 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 65 87 64 88 / 70 40 40 20 RUSSELL 61 80 58 85 / 60 30 20 20 GREAT BEND 62 82 59 86 / 60 30 20 20 SALINA 65 83 62 85 / 60 50 30 20 MCPHERSON 65 84 62 86 / 70 40 30 20 COFFEYVILLE 68 88 66 87 / 70 40 50 30 CHANUTE 66 87 66 86 / 70 50 50 30 IOLA 66 87 66 85 / 70 50 50 30 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. && KETCHAM/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-041200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING, AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT, THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A FEW SPOTTERS MAY BE NEED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. IN ADDITION, ANY FLOODING REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWOICT.HTM JMC/KETCHAM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 PM CDT FRI JUN 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E ANTHONY 37.15N 97.97W
06/03/2005 HARPER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
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ADKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSZ072-096-100-040130- ALLEN-LABETTE-NEOSHO- 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEN...LABETTE AND NEOSHO COUNTIES... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF PARSONS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING. ALSO, VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DARMOFAL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 827 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSZ069-083-092-093-040215- BUTLER-COWLEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- 827 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTLER...COWLEY...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIES... AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS, SOME STRONG, ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORWICH TO DEER CREEK OKLAHOMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS, AS WELL AS THE SCATTERED STORMS OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE, WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE MID EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DIME SIZE HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO AGGRAVATE THE LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DARMOFAL
KSZ047-048-050-051-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 837 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...WEATHER WATCH UPDATE MESSAGE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH, NUMBER 387, HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS: BARTON, ELLSWORTH, RICE AND MCPHERSON. ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED, AREAS OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. ADK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
937 PM CDT FRI JUN 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0936 PM HAIL ARKANSAS CITY 37.07N 97.04W
06/03/2005 1.00 INCH COWLEY KS TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
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CDBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
939 PM CDT FRI JUN 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0938 PM HAIL ARKANSAS CITY 37.07N 97.04W
06/03/2005 0.88 INCH COWLEY KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKLE SIZE HAIL
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CDBThe Wichita radar (KICT), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:43 UTC.
4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
One farmstead hit. The home was partially unroofed with unspecified damage to a barn.
Although moving primarily over the country, the tornado did strike one home, causing damage to the roof and removing one wall.
Brief touchdown in open country.
Brief touchdown in open country.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2005Warnings in Kansas, June 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5455655, 5455656, 5455657, 5455658.