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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2006, 4:17 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 4 reports 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, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 4:31 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Minneola, KS | |
| Oct 26, 4:31 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 S Minneola, KS | |
| Oct 26, 4:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Minneola, KS | WEAK TORNADO LASTED 3 MINUTES FUNNEL ALOFT WITH DEBRIS ON GROUND. |
| Oct 26, 4:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Minneola, KS | LANDSPOUT TORNADO REPORTED AS WEAKENING. |
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, 9.3 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.
- 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 262117 TORDDC KSC025-262200- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0026.061026T2117Z-061026T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 417 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEOLA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY... MINNEOLA... 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 3732 10009 3733 9997 3746 9993 3747 10010 $$ LACY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 262139 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 436 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 KSC025-262200- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-061026T2200Z/ CLARK KS- 436 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY... AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNEOLA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. AT 431 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TWO TORNADOES IN NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY. ONE WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEOLA...AND THE SECOND 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEOLA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3732 10009 3733 9997 3746 9993 3747 10010 $$ 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, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 50 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.