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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 6:59 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 S La Crosse, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 252359 TORDDC KSC145-165-260045- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0069.080525T2359Z-080526T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 659 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSH CENTER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF BURDETT...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSH CENTER... ASH VALLEY... TIMKEN... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER AND VERY DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY NEAR THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THIS STORM. 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 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3852 9919 3831 9906 3825 9949 3836 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 252DEG 21KT 3833 9945 $$ FINCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 260018 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 717 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 KSC145-165-260045- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080526T0045Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS- 717 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL RUSH COUNTIES... AT 713 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER AND VERY DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY NEAR THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3838 9938 3847 9916 3831 9906 3829 9933 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 252DEG 21KT 3836 9932 $$ 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, 3:51 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, 4:41 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 |
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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.