Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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 23, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2008, 3:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 13 Ne Dighton, 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 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDDC 232009
TORDDC
KSC101-135-232045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0016.080523T2009Z-080523T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
309 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
PENDENNIS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENDENNIS...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS
COUNTIES.
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.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. 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.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
ISSUED FOR NORTHERN LANE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3861 10045 3870 10048 3870 10021 3869 10021
3868 10020 3861 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 187DEG 22KT 3864 10033
$$
JOHNSON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 232015
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
314 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
KSC101-135-232045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080523T2045Z/
LANE KS-NESS KS-
314 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...
AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR PENDENNIS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENDENNIS...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS
COUNTIES.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3861 10045 3870 10048 3870 10021 3869 10021
3868 10020 3861 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 187DEG 22KT 3867 10032
$$
JOHNSON000
WWUS53 KDDC 232025
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
325 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
KSC101-135-232035-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080523T2045Z/
LANE KS-NESS KS-
325 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN
LANE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3861 10045 3870 10048 3870 10021 3869 10021
3868 10020 3861 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 187DEG 22KT 3874 10031
$$
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 42 min |
| May 22, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 52 min |
| May 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 34 min |
| May 22, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 42 min |
| May 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| May 22, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| May 22, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 30 min |
| May 22, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| May 22, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 55 min |
| May 23, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 63 min |
| May 23, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 60 min |
| May 23, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| May 23, 4:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 15 hr |
| May 23, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 41 min |
| May 23, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 16 hr |
| May 23, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| May 23, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 48 min |
| May 23, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 12 min |
| May 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Ness | 21 min |
| May 23, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 56 min |
| May 23, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 46 min |
| May 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 25 min |
| May 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 52 min |
| May 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 49 min |
| May 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott | 45 min |
| May 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 15 min |
| May 23, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 64 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 51 min |
| May 23, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 51 min |
| May 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 38 min |
| May 23, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 49 min |
| May 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 18 min |
| May 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 20 min |
| May 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 29 min |
| May 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 28 min |
| May 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 41 min |
| May 23, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 50 min |
| May 23, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 25 min |
| May 23, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane | 33 min |
| May 23, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 47 min |
| May 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 64 min |
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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.