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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2008Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 10:09 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2008, 10:31 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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, 10:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 N Hudson, KS	POWERLINES ARE DOWN ON THE ROAD.

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, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 240310
TORDDC
KSC145-185-240400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0049.080524T0309Z-080524T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1009 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1007 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HUDSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. JOHN...
  HUDSON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE TORNADOES CAUSING 
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND INJURY THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THIS 
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HUDSON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 
STORM...TAKE SHELTER NOW

THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE
OF BASEBALL 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3809 9899 3824 9898 3825 9848 3806 9850
      3801 9859 3801 9860 3799 9862 3796 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 218DEG 27KT 3807 9868

$$

BIELINSKI

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240320
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1019 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC145-240329-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080524T0400Z/
PAWNEE KS-
1019 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3825 9886 3824 9874 3825 9873 3825 9848
      3817 9849 3817 9850 3813 9850 3810 9856
      3811 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 218DEG 27KT 3814 9862

$$

KSC185-240400-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080524T0400Z/
STAFFORD KS-
1019 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...

AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 9
MILES EAST OF SEWARD...OR 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUDSON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY.

AT 1017 PM...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A ONE HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO ON 
THE GROUND 7 MILES NORTH OF ST JOHN. 

THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE
OF BASEBALL 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3825 9886 3824 9874 3825 9873 3825 9848
      3817 9849 3817 9850 3813 9850 3810 9856
      3811 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 218DEG 27KT 3814 9862

$$

BIELINSKI

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240331
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1031 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC185-240341-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080524T0400Z/
STAFFORD KS-
1031 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3825 9886 3824 9874 3825 9873 3825 9848
      3817 9849 3817 9850 3813 9850 3810 9856
      3811 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 218DEG 27KT 3821 9855

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego	45 min
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, 10:21 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.