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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 20084 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 11:04 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 17 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, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2008, 11:21 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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, 8:48 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2008-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2314 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2008-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
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 240404
TORDDC
KSC047-145-165-185-240445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0054.080524T0404Z-080524T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1104 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1058 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  GARFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARFIELD...
  FRIZELL...
  LARNED...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PAWNEE...NORTHERN EDWARDS...
  NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES.

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

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 REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR EDWARDS 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3801 9941 3847 9904 3843 9900 3841 9901
      3827 9901 3826 9887 3823 9883 3793 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 212DEG 42KT 3807 9923

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240421
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC047-145-165-185-240432-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-080524T0445Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN
STAFFORD...EASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3801 9941 3847 9904 3843 9900 3841 9901
      3827 9901 3826 9887 3823 9883 3793 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 212DEG 42KT 3825 9909

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego45 min
May 23, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Ness43 min
May 23, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark26 min
May 23, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego29 min
May 23, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego47 min
May 23, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade, Scott58 min
May 23, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego39 min
May 23, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa66 min
May 23, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego51 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford58 min
May 23, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche36 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa47 min
May 23, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego55 min
May 23, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 6 more66 min
May 23, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche38 min
May 23, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford55 min
May 23, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa37 min
May 23, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt51 min
May 23, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark50 min
May 23, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa44 min
May 23, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt39 min
May 23, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford22 min
May 23, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa54 min
May 23, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee50 min
May 23, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford32 min
May 23, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford47 min
May 23, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche65 min
May 23, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford30 min
May 23, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt27 min
May 23, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber38 min
May 24, 3:42 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens10 hr
May 24, 4:05 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.