Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 22, 2006, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rush County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KDDC 222146
TORDDC
KSC165-222230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0011.060622T2146Z-060622T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
446 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  MCCRACKEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN RUSH COUNTY...
  MCCRACKEN...
  ALEXANDER...
  NEKOMA...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3859 9949 3861 9958 3841 9957 3844 9939

$$

GRZYWACZ

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 222204
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

KSC165-222230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060622T2230Z/
RUSH KS-
503 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY...

AT 500 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ALEXANDER...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN RUSH COUNTY...
  ALEXANDER...
  NEKOMA...

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
MCCRACKEN AT 450 PM CDT.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3859 9949 3861 9958 3841 9957 3844 9939

$$

GRZYWACZ

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 222227
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

KSC165-222237-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060622T2230Z/
RUSH KS-
527 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM
CDT...

THE WARNED STORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3859 9949 3861 9958 3841 9957 3844 9939

$$

GRZYWACZ

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