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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 2006Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2006, 3:37 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
Oct 26, 2006, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 262038
TORDDC
KSC069-262100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0023.061026T2037Z-061026T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
337 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  MONTEZUMA...
  THE HAGGARD ELEV...

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 3748 10048 3748 10025 3773 10025 3763 10051

$$

LACY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 262049
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
349 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006

KSC069-262100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-061026T2100Z/
GRAY KS-
349 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRAY COUNTY...

AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY...
  MONTEZUMA...
  THE HAGGARD ELEV...

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

LAT...LON 3748 10048 3748 10025 3773 10025 3763 10051

$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 1:25 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCClark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more9 hr
Oct 26, 4:16 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more27 hr
Oct 26, 10:11 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCClark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more109 min
Oct 26, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray33 min
Oct 26, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord50 min
Oct 26, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark43 min
Oct 26, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant38 min
Oct 26, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord43 min
Oct 26, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark45 min
Oct 26, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant40 min
Oct 26, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell45 min
Oct 26, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord47 min
Oct 26, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Kiowa51 min
Oct 26, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade50 min
Oct 26, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell, Seward47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.