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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 13, 1986Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1986, 9:22 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1986, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1986, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 00:00Z on 1986-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1492 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1986-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 140226
TORDDC
KSC057-140245-

BULLETIN- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
922 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

SOUTHWEST KANSAS..FORD

A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED JUST TO THE NORTH OF DODGE CITY AT 914
PM CDT.  MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A 7DANGEROUS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. DON/T
HESITATE. A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.

RYBA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Ford4 hr
Aug 14, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant55 min

Nearby

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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.