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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 20086 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 7 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, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	10 Sw Ness City, KS
May 23, 7:24 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Nw Ness City, KS	KAKE STORM CHASER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
May 23, 7:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Sw Ransom, KS
May 23, 7:34 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Wsw Ransom, KS
May 23, 7:42 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Nw Brownell, KS	TORNADO HEADED NORTH TOWARDS CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR
May 23, 7:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cedar Bluff, KS	STRONG WINDS ROLLED A HORSE TRAILER. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 23, 7:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 Sw Cedar Bluff, KS	TORNADO DAMAGED TREES.

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 PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 14.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 240002
TORDDC
KSC051-083-101-135-165-195-240045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0034.080524T0000Z-080524T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NESS CITY...
  ARNOLD...
  RANSOM...
  BROWNELL...
  MCCRACKEN...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  RIGA...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO...NESS...NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH...SOUTHEASTERN LANE AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS
  COUNTIES.

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

ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY.
RESIDENTS OF NESS CITY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

PERSONS NEAR CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3908 9979 3898 9947 3873 9934 3819 10011
      3835 10030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 212DEG 32KT 3853 9996

$$

FINCH

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240022
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
716 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC083-101-240026-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080524T0045Z/
LANE KS-HODGEMAN KS-
716 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
LANE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3849 10018 3908 9979 3898 9947 3893 9945
      3873 9934 3836 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 218DEG 50KT 3856 9996

$$

KSC051-135-165-195-240045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080524T0045Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-NESS KS-RUSH KS-
716 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN RUSH...NORTHERN NESS...SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS AND EASTERN
TREGO COUNTIES...

AT 712 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 58 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARNOLD...
  RANSOM...
  BROWNELL...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  RIGA...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO...NORTHERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN
  RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES.

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

RESIDENTS IN CEDAR BLUFF...RANSOM AND BROWNELL SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADIC 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3849 10018 3908 9979 3898 9947 3893 9945
      3873 9934 3836 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 218DEG 50KT 3856 9996

$$

FINCH

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240033
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC165-240039-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080524T0045Z/
RUSH KS-
729 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3903 9965 3902 9958 3901 9958 3898 9947
      3880 9940 3850 9994 3858 10010 3908 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 215DEG 40KT 3864 9990

$$

KSC051-135-195-240045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080524T0045Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-NESS KS-
729 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS AND EASTERN TREGO COUNTIES...

AT 721 PM KAKE NEWS REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF
NESS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH. A TORNADO WAS ALSO
REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANSOM AT 730 PM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RANSOM...
  BROWNELL...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN NESS AND
  SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES.

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

RESIDENTS OF RANSOM AND CEDAR BLUFF SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
VIOLENT TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3903 9965 3902 9958 3901 9958 3898 9947
      3880 9940 3850 9994 3858 10010 3908 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 215DEG 40KT 3864 9990

$$

FINCH

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240037
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC051-135-165-195-240045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080524T0045Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-NESS KS-RUSH KS-
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN RUSH...NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS AND
EASTERN TREGO COUNTIES...

AT 733 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER RANSOM.
THIS DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THERE HAVE
BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES FROM THE NEWS MEDIA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RANSOM...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN NESS...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES.

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

RESIDENTS OF RANSOM...TREGO CENTER AND CEDAR BLUFF SHOULD TAKE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3902 9958 3901 9958 3898 9947 3890 9944
      3873 9934 3852 9991 3864 10002 3908 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 215DEG 40KT 3869 9986

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Ness	43 min
May 23, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	26 min
May 23, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	29 min
May 23, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Trego	47 min
May 23, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade, Scott	58 min
May 23, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	39 min
May 23, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	66 min
May 23, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	51 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	58 min
May 23, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	36 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
May 23, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Trego	55 min
May 23, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 6 more	66 min
May 23, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	38 min
May 23, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	55 min
May 23, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	37 min
May 23, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	51 min
May 23, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	50 min
May 23, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	44 min
May 23, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	39 min
May 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	22 min
May 23, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	54 min
May 23, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee	50 min
May 23, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	32 min
May 23, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	47 min
May 23, 11:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	17 min
May 23, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	65 min
May 23, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	30 min
May 23, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	27 min
May 23, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	38 min
May 24, 3:42 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	10 hr
May 24, 4:05 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more	11 hr

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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.