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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2008Finney County, Hodgeman County, Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT for Finney County, Hodgeman County, Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 2:15 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 306 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 232328
TORDDC
KSC055-083-101-240000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0031.080523T2327Z-080524T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
627 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...OR 12 MILES WEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 41 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES.

THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE
OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER AND VERY DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO BE 
LIKELY NEAR THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THIS STORM.

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 WARNING ISSUED FOR FINNEY COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3836 10043 3819 10018 3801 10045 3807 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 206DEG 36KT 3813 10047

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa51 min
May 22, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego42 min
May 22, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego52 min
May 22, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt34 min
May 22, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego42 min
May 22, 9:07 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens7 hr
May 22, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego36 min
May 22, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego30 min
May 22, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego41 min
May 22, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche55 min
May 23, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche63 min
May 23, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber60 min
May 23, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush47 min
May 23, 4:13 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens15 hr
May 23, 4:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis41 min
May 23, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego47 min
May 23, 5:26 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more16 hr
May 23, 6:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis46 min
May 23, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness48 min
May 23, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness16 min
May 23, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane12 min
May 23, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Ness21 min
May 23, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward56 min
May 23, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness46 min
May 23, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott25 min
May 23, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott52 min
May 23, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell49 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott45 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott15 min
May 23, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane64 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman47 min
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray51 min
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Lane51 min
May 23, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny38 min
May 23, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott49 min
May 23, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane18 min
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward20 min
May 23, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell42 min
May 23, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness42 min
May 23, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane33 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade60 min
May 23, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott29 min
May 23, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade28 min
May 23, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray41 min
May 23, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade50 min
May 23, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness46 min
May 23, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott26 min
May 23, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman25 min
May 23, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness47 min
May 23, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.