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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 1, 2006Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2006, 6:26 PM CST for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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: Apr 1, 2006, 6:26 PM CST (00:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2006, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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
Apr 1, 7:08 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	7 Se Coldwater, KS
Apr 1, 7:08 PM CST	HAIL 1	Sun City, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 020026
TORDDC
KSC007-033-020115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.060402T0026Z-060402T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUN CITY...LAKE CITY
  EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 624 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SUN CITY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BUTTERMILK...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  SUN CITY AND LAKE CITY BY 715 PM CST

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 3715 9934 3701 9920 3728 9862 3746 9899

$$

UMSCHEID

3 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 020030 CCA
TORDDC
KSC007-033-020115-
/O.COR.KDDC.TO.W.0003.060402T0026Z-060402T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED TEXT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUN CITY...LAKE CITY
  EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 624 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SUN CITY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BUTTERMILK...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUN CITY AND LAKE CITY BY 715 PM CST

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 3715 9934 3701 9920 3728 9862 3746 9899

$$

UMSCHEID

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 020042
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

KSC007-033-020115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060402T0115Z/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
641 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR EASTERN
COMANCHE AND WESTERN BARBER COUNTIES...

AT 637 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STRONGEST ROTATION WAS 
LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUN CITY...OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED CLOUD BASE ROTATION AT 630 PM 6 MILES EAST 
OF BUTTERMILK.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUN CITY BY 705 PM CST
  LAKE CITY BY 710 PM CST

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.

LAT...LON 3715 9934 3701 9920 3728 9862 3746 9898

$$

UMSCHEID

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 020104
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
703 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

KSC033-020113-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060402T0115Z/
COMANCHE KS-
703 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COMANCHE COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM.

LAT...LON 3744 9899 3746 9898 3746 9897 3737 9880
      3729 9862 3727 9865 3726 9869 3713 9897
      3711 9900

$$

KSC007-020115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060402T0115Z/
BARBER KS-
703 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 658 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THE STRONGEST ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR 
SUN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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 3744 9899 3746 9898 3746 9897 3737 9880
      3729 9862 3727 9865 3726 9869 3713 9897
      3711 9900

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 6:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee	19 min
Apr 1, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford	57 min
Apr 1, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	45 min
Apr 1, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	45 min
Apr 1, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	53 min
Apr 1, 7:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	31 min
Apr 1, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	30 min
Apr 1, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	29 min
Apr 1, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	22 min
Apr 2, 3:50 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 12 more	17 hr

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.