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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 15, 2006Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2006, 11:01 PM CDT for Kiowa 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, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2006, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 15, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 15, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2006-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2048 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 2006-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 160403
TORDDC
KSC097-160445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0021.060916T0401Z-060916T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1101 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1058 PM CDT...KAKE STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER 
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
GREENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...


A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.


LAT...LON 3773 9954 3765 9955 3763 9915 3772 9921

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward55 min
Sep 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray45 min
Sep 15, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade53 min
Sep 15, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade44 min
Sep 15, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade33 min
Sep 15, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward39 min
Sep 15, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark49 min
Sep 15, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark55 min
Sep 15, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa57 min
Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade55 min
Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman34 min
Sep 15, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa51 min
Sep 15, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade30 min
Sep 15, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray48 min
Sep 15, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa49 min
Sep 15, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards51 min
Sep 15, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord23 min
Sep 15, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards47 min
Sep 15, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess50 min
Sep 15, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Stafford56 min
Sep 15, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford52 min
Sep 15, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis47 min
Sep 16, 2:45 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more15 hr
Sep 16, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards32 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.