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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT for Finney County, Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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 8, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Finney County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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 8, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 Ssw Grigston, KS | |
| May 8, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 8 S 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 8, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 082200 TORDDC KSC055-101-171-082245- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.080508T2200Z-080508T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF SHALLOW WATER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRIGSTON... MANNING... AMY... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE COUNTIES. 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 EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR SCOTT COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3859 10048 3827 10043 3824 10091 3850 10093 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 264DEG 13KT 3834 10080 $$ 01
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 082203
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
KSC055-082213-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080508T2245Z/
FINNEY KS-
503 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3828 10090 3850 10093 3859 10048 3833 10044
3831 10044 3830 10043 3827 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 256DEG 15KT 3836 10077
$$
KSC101-171-082245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080508T2245Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
503 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
LANE AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 459 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GRIGSTON...OR 6 MILES EAST OF SHALLOW WATER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3828 10090 3850 10093 3859 10048 3833 10044
3831 10044 3830 10043 3827 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 256DEG 15KT 3836 10077
$$
01000
WWUS53 KDDC 082228
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
KSC101-171-082245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080508T2245Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
527 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
LANE AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 522 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES SOUTH OF
AMY...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3828 10068 3828 10075 3829 10076 3851 10078
3859 10048 3831 10044 3827 10043 3827 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 278DEG 25KT 3832 10059
$$
01The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 10 more | 114 min |
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 75 min |
| May 8, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 48 min |
| May 8, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 57 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 31 min |
| May 8, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 49 min |
| May 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 32 min |
| May 8, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 38 min |
| May 8, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 50 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.