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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2008Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 3:51 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 25, 3:55 PM CDT	HAIL 3	4 Sw Nekoma, KS
May 25, 4:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Se La Crosse, KS	TORNADO TOUCHDOWN LASTED ABOUT 30 SECONDS

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 25, 12:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 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 252056
TORDDC
KSC165-252130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0059.080525T2051Z-080525T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 349 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
WEST OF NEKOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDER...
  NEKOMA...
  HARGRAVE...
  LA CROSSE...
  BISON...
  LIEBENTHAL...
  LORETTA...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF RUSH COUNTY.

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

LACROSSE...LORETTA AND LIEBENTHAL AND IN THIS PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 9949 3869 9903 3845 9903 3840 9950
      3848 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 226DEG 24KT 3846 9945

$$

FINCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 252109
SVSDDC

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

KSC165-252130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080525T2130Z/
RUSH KS-
407 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY...

AT 403 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES WEST OF LACROSSE AROUND
405 PM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LA CROSSE...
  BISON...
  LIEBENTHAL...
  OTIS...
  LORETTA...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SOFTBALL 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 3847 9938 3854 9943 3869 9937 3869 9903
      3854 9903 3854 9904 3851 9903 3849 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 225DEG 25KT 3854 9935

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	49 min
May 25, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	62 min
May 25, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	51 min
May 25, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	39 min
May 25, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	46 min
May 25, 3:16 PM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	Ellis, Trego	7 hr
May 25, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	47 min
May 25, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	40 min
May 25, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	18 min
May 25, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	45 min
May 25, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	50 min
May 25, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	39 min
May 25, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego	62 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	53 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	32 min
May 25, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	39 min
May 25, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	37 min
May 25, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	48 min
May 25, 5:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	4 hr
May 25, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	67 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	46 min
May 25, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	40 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego	49 min
May 25, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	70 min
May 25, 6:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Rush	3 hr
May 25, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	69 min
May 25, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	46 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.