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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2008Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2008, 5:37 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2008, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kiowa County, KS, Pratt 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 26, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -425 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 348 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 262237
TORDDC
KSC097-151-262315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0071.080526T2237Z-080526T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
537 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENSBURG...
  HAVILAND...
  WELLSFORD...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN KIOWA AND WESTERN PRATT 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR KIOWA COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3770 9924 3762 9890 3747 9926 3751 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 235DEG 17KT 3753 9929

$$

RITTERLING

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 262251
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
551 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

KSC093-262301-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-080526T2315Z/
KEARNY KS-
551 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3758 10153 3773 10142 3768 10136 3767 10136
      3756 10123 3755 10123 3748 10116 3746 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 234DEG 23KT 3756 10138

$$

KSC067-187-262315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-080526T2315Z/
STANTON KS-GRANT KS-
551 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR GRANT AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL STANTON COUNTIES...

AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ULYSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ULYSSES...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN STANTON AND GRANT COUNTIES.

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

LAT...LON 3758 10153 3773 10142 3768 10136 3767 10136
      3756 10123 3755 10123 3748 10116 3746 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 234DEG 23KT 3756 10138

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:33 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade	75 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	20 min
May 25, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	44 min
May 25, 7:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Trego	13 hr
May 25, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	82 min
May 25, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	47 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	42 min
May 26, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	42 min
May 26, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton	47 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush	47 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	40 min
May 26, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	52 min
May 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	38 min
May 26, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	63 min
May 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kiowa	28 min
May 26, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	41 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	55 min
May 26, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	51 min
May 26, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	62 min
May 26, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	31 min
May 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	36 min
May 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Meade	50 min
May 26, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	47 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	44 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	52 min
May 26, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	48 min
May 26, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	48 min
May 26, 6:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	3 hr
May 26, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	38 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.