Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Apr 1, 2006, 7:34 PM CST (01:34 UTC)

Expired

Apr 1, 2006, 8:05 PM CST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

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000 
WFUS53 KDDC 020135
TORDDC
KSC007-151-020215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.060402T0134Z-060402T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ISABEL.
  EASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAWYER...PRESTON...PRATT...COATS...
  CAIRO.

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 732 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  COATS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  COATS BY 740 PM CST.
  SAWYER BY 745 PM CST.
  SOUTHERN PART OF PRATT BY 800 PM CST.
  CAIRO BY 810 PM CST.
  6 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTON BY 815 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 3746 9893 3736 9876 3745 9846 3781 9847
      3781 9863

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 020145
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-151-020215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060402T0215Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
743 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BARBER AND EASTERN PRATT COUNTIES...

AT 741 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT OR 6 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF SAWYER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF PRATT BY 750 PM CST
  CAIRO BY 800 PM CST
  PRESTON BY 810 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 80 MPH

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3746 9893 3736 9876 3745 9846 3781 9847
      3781 9863

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 020205
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-151-020214-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060402T0215Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
804 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARBER AND EASTERN PRATT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PRATT COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. 

LAT...LON 3746 9893 3736 9876 3745 9846 3781 9847
      3781 9863

$$

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