Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 15 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 49 min |
| May 7, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 42 min |
| May 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 7, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 42 min |
| May 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 7, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 7, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 47 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 49 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.