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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 4:10 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 W Hays, KS | |
| May 25, 4:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Ellis, KS | REPORTED BY KHP TROOPER, 3 MILES NORTH OF I-70, NORTH OF MILE MARKER 139. |
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, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 252110 TORDDC KSC051-195-252200- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0061.080525T2110Z-080525T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 410 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF ELLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLIS... YOCEMENTO... HAYS... TOULON... CATHARINE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 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 3913 9902 3885 9903 3875 9962 3900 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 242DEG 17KT 3883 9956 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 252124 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 424 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 KSC051-195-252200- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-080525T2200Z/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 424 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR ELLIS AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTIES... AT 421 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YOCEMENTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... YOCEMENTO... HAYS... TOULON... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3913 9902 3885 9903 3875 9962 3900 9962 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 233DEG 21KT 3889 9945 $$
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, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 39 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, 4:21 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.