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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2006, 3:57 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2006, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 4:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nnw Fowler, KS | SMALL TORNADO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 262058 TORDDC KSC069-262130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0024.061026T2057Z-061026T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 357 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 430 PM CDT * AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF THE HAGGARD ELEV...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOWLER...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY... 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. AT 350 PM CDT...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST GRAY COUNTY. LAT...LON 3747 10035 3747 10021 3764 10021 3760 10038 $$ LACY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 262114 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 414 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 KSC069-262130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-061026T2130Z/ GRAY KS- 414 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY... AT 405 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE HAGGARD ELEV...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY... THE HAGGARD ELEV... THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. LAT...LON 3747 10035 3747 10021 3764 10021 3760 10038 $$ RITTERLING
000 WWUS53 KDDC 262129 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 430 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 KSC069-262140- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-061026T2130Z/ GRAY KS- 430 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT... THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3747 10035 3747 10021 3764 10021 3760 10038 $$ RITTERLING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 1:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more | 109 min |
| Oct 26, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Kiowa | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.