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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2006Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2006, 8:42 PM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
May 7, 2006, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2006, 9:19 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 7, 8:42 PM CDTHAIL 0.8815 Nne Sublette, KS

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 080142
TORDDC
KSC081-080230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0008.060508T0142Z-060508T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
842 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AND 
  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 14
  MILES NORTHWEST OF TICE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMELL...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY...
  TICE...

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 52.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 56 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 82.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 10071 3773 10092 3750 10090 3749 10065

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 080219
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
919 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006

KSC081-080229-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060508T0230Z/
HASKELL KS-
919 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY...
  TICE...

THE WARNED STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3773 10071 3773 10092 3750 10090 3749 10065

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney45 min
May 7, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney49 min
May 7, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell42 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell45 min
May 7, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray42 min
May 7, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa43 min
May 7, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa30 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt47 min
May 8, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego49 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.