Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 6:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 Sw Ness City, 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 1602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDDC 232314
TORDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-240000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0030.080523T2314Z-080524T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH
OF BEELER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
44 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEELER...
NESS CITY...
ARNOLD...
RANSOM...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NESS...NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
LAT...LON 3867 10011 3869 9989 3855 9971 3818 10006
3806 10022 3815 10031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 209DEG 38KT 3818 10020
$$
FINCH1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KDDC 232337
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
632 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
KSC055-101-232342-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080524T0000Z/
LANE KS-FINNEY KS-
632 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3867 10011 3869 9989 3855 9971 3821 10012
3825 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 206DEG 24KT 3828 10014
$$
KSC083-135-240000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080524T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
632 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND NESS COUNTIES...
AT 629 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NESS
CITY...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF BEELER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NESS CITY...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.
AT 625 PM STORM CHASERS AND NEWS MEDIA REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN IN THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF HODGEMAN COUNTY.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM AND VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE. NESS CITY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
LAT...LON 3867 10011 3869 9989 3855 9971 3821 10012
3825 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 206DEG 24KT 3828 10014
$$
FINCHThe 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, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 16 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, 6:19 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.