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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2008Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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 25, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 2:40 PM CDTHAIL 2.754 Wnw Scott City, KS
May 25, 2:57 PM CDTTORNADO3 Ne Manning, KSBRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 Ne Scott City, KS
May 25, 3:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.758 Ne Scott City, KS
May 25, 3:10 PM CDTTORNADO1 S Healy, 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 25, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 251939
TORDDC
KSC101-171-252030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0056.080525T1939Z-080525T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
239 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
  SCOTT CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTT CITY...
  GRIGSTON...
  MANNING...
  HEALY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZED 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 SCOTT COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 10086 3869 10050 3846 10061 3845 10103
      3858 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 246DEG 28KT 3850 10092

$$

FINCH
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 251944
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
243 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC101-171-252030-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080525T2030Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
243 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LANE AND NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SCOTT CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTT CITY...
  GRIGSTON...
  MANNING...
  AMY...
  HEALY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES.

AT 240 PM A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL 4 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF SCOTT CITY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SOFTBALL 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 10086 3869 10050 3846 10061 3845 10103
      3858 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 246DEG 28KT 3851 10088

$$

FINCH
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 252001
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC101-171-252030-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080525T2030Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LANE AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 258 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE EAST OF
MANNING.

...THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HEALY IS IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANNING...
  HEALY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE
  COUNTIES.

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

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.

LAT...LON 3859 10082 3868 10074 3869 10051 3868 10050
      3862 10054 3861 10054 3851 10058 3850 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 243DEG 29KT 3857 10072

$$

FINCH
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 252009
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
306 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSC101-171-252030-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080525T2030Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
306 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LANE AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 305 PM DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEALY AND STORM SPOTTERS HAVE ALREADY
REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEALY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE
  COUNTIES.

HEALY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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

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.

LAT...LON 3859 10075 3868 10074 3869 10051 3868 10050
      3862 10054 3856 10056 3855 10057 3852 10057
      3852 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 243DEG 29KT 3859 10067

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber49 min
May 25, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott62 min
May 25, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush39 min
May 25, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego46 min
May 25, 3:16 PM CDTFlood WatchDDCEllis, Trego7 hr
May 25, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego47 min
May 25, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush40 min
May 25, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCRush39 min
May 25, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis18 min
May 25, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego45 min
May 25, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego50 min
May 25, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush39 min
May 25, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott, Trego62 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego53 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego32 min
May 25, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush39 min
May 25, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego37 min
May 25, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush48 min
May 25, 5:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Trego4 hr
May 25, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego67 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush46 min
May 25, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego40 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott, Trego49 min
May 25, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush70 min
May 25, 6:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCRush3 hr
May 25, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush69 min
May 25, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush46 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.