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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 2006Clark County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 4:31 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sw Minneola, KS
Oct 26, 4:31 PM CDTTORNADO6 S Minneola, KS
Oct 26, 4:45 PM CDTTORNADO2 Nw Minneola, KSWEAK TORNADO LASTED 3 MINUTES FUNNEL ALOFT WITH DEBRIS ON GROUND.
Oct 26, 4:55 PM CDTTORNADO3 Se Minneola, KSLANDSPOUT 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.

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 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.

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, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray23 min
Oct 26, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray33 min
Oct 26, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.