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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 20084 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 6:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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 23, 2008, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
47 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.8810 Sw Ness City, KS
May 23, 7:24 PM CDTTORNADO7 Nw Ness City, KSKAKE STORM CHASER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
May 23, 7:30 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sw Ransom, KS
May 23, 7:34 PM CDTTORNADO3 Wsw Ransom, 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 232346
TORDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-240030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0032.080523T2343Z-080524T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
643 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.
  NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTH 
OF BEELER...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 43 
MPH.

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

ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY.

BOTH OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VIOLENT TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR FINNEY AND NESS
COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3869 10005 3852 9967 3808 10029 3820 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 216DEG 38KT 3821 10027

$$

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, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.