5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 1:20 AM CST, 10 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 220 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... COMPLICATED FORECAST THIS PERIOD WITH MANY THINGS GOING ON. CONFIDENCE IN CONVECTIVE LOCATION IS LOWER THAN NORMAL SO WILL NOT GET CUTE WITH THE POP GRIDS IN THE SHORT TERM. THE GFS/UKMET WILL BE FOLLOWED AS THE NAM WAS ERRONEOUS AT BRINGING THIS MORNINGS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX SOUTHEAST ACROSS SW KS INTO THE 700MB WARM POOL. TWO POTENT WAVES WERE EVIDENCED IN THE 00Z UPPER AIR DATA, ONE NEAR EL PASO LIFTING NORTHEAST TOWARD KANSAS, AND ANOTHER OVER NEVADA WHICH IS ALSO HEADING IN OUR DIRECTION TODAY AND TOMORROW. THE FIRST WAVE HAS KICKED OFF WIDESPREAD STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION OVER WEST TX THIS MORNING AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MAKE ITS WAY INTO OUR AREA AFTER 15Z OR SO. VORTICITY ADVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE WAVE MAY GENERATE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. CONVECTION MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN CO THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE NEVADA WAVE WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE SUN. THIS ACTIVITY MAY CONGEAL INTO AN MCS THAT WOULD MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN KS TONIGHT. THE NEVADA WAVE MOVES EAST INTO KANSAS ON SATURDAY WITH SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KS. THE UKMET IS SLOWER THAN THE GFS WITH THE UPPER AND SURFACE FEATURES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS. OTHER POST FRONTAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST CLOSER TO THE UPPER STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL STILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY EVENING. CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT SO WILL TAPER POPS OFF. DAYS 3-7... NO CHANGES PLANNED TO GOING EXTENDED FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 79 63 83 58 / 50 40 20 10 GCK 79 59 79 57 / 40 40 20 10 EHA 80 58 79 56 / 30 40 10 10 LBL 82 60 83 57 / 40 40 10 10 HYS 80 62 80 58 / 50 40 30 10 P28 84 66 87 62 / 60 40 30 20 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 5 AM FRIDAY FOR KSZ030... KSZ031. && LACY/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-041000- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON- HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT- RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- 500 AM CDT (400 AM MDT) FRI JUN 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE AREA TO GENERATE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TOWARD EVENING, A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OUT OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AS YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THRU THE REGION. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON SATURDAY AND WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THERE WILL BE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER OR NOT. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LACY
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.
5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The funnel itself did not make contact but the debris cloud was visible during the tornadoes existence.
This was another separate tornado with brief contact with the ground.
This tornado kicked up a lot of dirt and debris (tumble weeds). One pivot sprinkler was damaged. This tornado moved into Kearny county.
This tornado moved out of Grant county while dissipating.
Very brief contact was made with the ground.
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: 5462834, 5462835, 5462836, 5462837, 5462838.