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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2006, 8:01 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Sep 15, 2006, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 160101 TORDDC KSC025-119-160145- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0014.060916T0101Z-060916T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN CLARK COUNTY... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN MEADE COUNTY... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3722 10025 3713 10024 3714 9981 3734 9989 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 160109 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 808 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 KSC025-119-160145- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060916T0145Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 808 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES... AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN CLARK COUNTY... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN MEADE COUNTY... THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR WESTERN CLARK AND EASTERN MEADE. LAT...LON 3722 10025 3713 10024 3714 9981 3734 9989 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 160122 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 KSC025-119-160145- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-060916T0145Z/ MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 822 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND EAST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES... AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACRES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN CLARK COUNTY... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN MEADE COUNTY... THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 160 AND 283 BETWEEN 820 AND 840 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AT 804 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTH AND 4 EAST OF MEADE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3722 10025 3713 10024 3714 9981 3734 9989 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 57 min |
| Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 34 min |
| Sep 15, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 56 min |
| Sep 15, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 2:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 32 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.