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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 2006Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2006, 5:28 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 262230
TORDDC
KSC057-262315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0032.061026T2228Z-061026T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLOOM.   
  THE AREA OF ROTATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...
  BLOOM...
  KINGSDOWN...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS 
THAT 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.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3746 9956 3770 9956 3765 9998 3747 10001

$$

LACY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 262252
SVSDDC

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

KSC057-262315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-061026T2315Z/
FORD KS-
552 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...

AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSDOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORD
AND BUCKLIN

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3746 9956 3770 9956 3765 9998 3747 10001

$$

RITTERLING
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 262310
SVSDDC

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

KSC057-262320-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-061026T2315Z/
FORD KS-
610 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM
CDT...

THE WARNED STORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3746 9956 3770 9956 3765 9998 3747 10001

$$

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, 4:17 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, 5:39 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.