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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 4:41 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2008, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
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 |
| May 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 252143
TORDDC
KSC135-195-252230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0064.080525T2141Z-080525T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
441 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF
ARNOLD. A SECOND AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF DAM. BOTH STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARNOLD...
RANSOM...
TREGO CENTER...
BROWNELL...
WAKEENEY...
CEDAR BLUFF DAM...
OGALLAH...
RIGA...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN NESS AND TREGO 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.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR THESE COUNTIES.
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 3914 9960 3863 9960 3855 10024 3870 10024
3870 10017 3873 10016 3913 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 253DEG 27KT 3873 9999
$$
182 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 252201 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 501 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 KSC135-195-252230- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080525T2230Z/ TREGO KS-NESS KS- 501 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES... AT 458 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES EAST OF BROWNELL... OR 7 MILES NORTH OF MCCRACKEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BROWNELL... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3894 9959 3863 9960 3862 9973 3888 9998 TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 270DEG 31KT 3867 9958 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 252213 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 513 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 KSC135-195-252223- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080525T2230Z/ TREGO KS-NESS KS- 513 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 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 3894 9959 3863 9960 3862 9973 3888 9998 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 270DEG 31KT 3867 9945 $$ 18
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, 4:10 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, 4:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.