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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2008Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2008, 5:39 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 26, 2008, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	5 S Larned, 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 26, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 262239
TORDDC
KSC047-145-185-262330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0072.080526T2239Z-080526T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ZOOK...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 19 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ZOOK...
  RADIUM...
  SEWARD...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD
  AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE 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.

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

LAT...LON 3823 9906 3822 9866 3797 9906 3802 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 228DEG 17KT 3806 9908

$$

RITTERLING

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, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.