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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 20084 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 6:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 11 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 8, 2008, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 8, 6:14 PM CDTHAIL 1.516 Se Dighton, KS
May 8, 6:20 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 N Jetmore, KSA LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD REACHED HALF WAY TO THE GROUND.
May 8, 6:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.511 Wnw Jetmore, KS
May 8, 6:38 PM CDTHAIL 18 N Jetmore, KSQUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
May 8, 6:40 PM CDTHAIL 112 Sse Dighton, KSNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
May 8, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 W Jetmore, KSGOLFBALL AND SLIGHTLY LARGER
May 8, 6:51 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGJetmore, KSCOMBINATION OF WINDS AND HAIL BROKE OUT HIS BAY WINDOW AND WINDOWS ON OTHER BUILDINGS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 8, 6:53 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 E Jetmore, KSTHE CALLER ALSO REPORTED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS.
May 8, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 S Jetmore, KS
May 8, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Jetmore, KS5 POWER POLES REPORTED SNAPPED
May 8, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 2.75Jetmore, 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 8, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 8, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2008-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 082312
TORDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-090000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0006.080508T2311Z-080509T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
611 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF JETMORE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JETMORE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...
  SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES.

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 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3826 9975 3794 9992 3815 10044 3836 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 284DEG 24KT 3823 10031

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 082337
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
637 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

KSC083-135-090000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080509T0000Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
637 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
HODGEMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTIES...

AT 635 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 11 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF JETMORE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3794 9992 3808 10018 3830 10018 3831 10019
      3833 10017 3829 9999 3830 9993 3828 9992
      3829 9987 3825 9976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 289DEG 27KT 3814 10004

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:06 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 10 more114 min
May 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott75 min
May 8, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott48 min
May 8, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott45 min
May 8, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott57 min
May 8, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness34 min
May 8, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott31 min
May 8, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane45 min
May 8, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane32 min
May 8, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess38 min
May 8, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee50 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.