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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2008, 7:08 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2008, 7:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pratt County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Pratt, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 2042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 270007 TORDDC KSC151-270100- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0075.080527T0008Z-080527T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 708 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PRATT... MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRATT... CAIRO... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PRATT COUNTY. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3781 9852 3754 9846 3758 9877 3766 9884 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 264DEG 13KT 3764 9869 $$ RITTERLING
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 270014 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 714 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 KSC151-270100- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080527T0100Z/ PRATT KS- 714 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EASTERN PRATT COUNTY... AT 710 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES EAST OF PRATT... MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRATT... CAIRO... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PRATT COUNTY. AT 710 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A ROPE TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF PRATT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3781 9852 3754 9846 3758 9877 3766 9884 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 265DEG 10KT 3764 9865 $$ RITTERLING
000 WWUS53 KDDC 270025 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 726 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 KSC151-270100- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080527T0100Z/ PRATT KS- 726 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EASTERN PRATT COUNTY... AT 724 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAIRO... PRESTON... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PRATT COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3781 9852 3754 9846 3758 9877 3766 9884 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 232DEG 19KT 3771 9855 $$ RITTERLING
000
WWUS53 KDDC 270036
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
736 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
KSC151-270100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080527T0100Z/
PRATT KS-
736 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY...
AT 734 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES EAST OF PRESTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRESTON...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PRATT COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3772 9865 3780 9853 3778 9851 3774 9851
3772 9850 3766 9850 3765 9853
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 238DEG 22KT 3774 9847
$$
RITTERLING000
WWUS53 KDDC 270046
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
746 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
KSC151-270056-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080527T0100Z/
PRATT KS-
746 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3772 9865 3780 9853 3778 9851 3774 9851
3772 9850 3766 9850 3765 9853
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 238DEG 22KT 3777 9840
$$
RITTERLINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 40 min |
| May 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 28 min |
| May 26, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| May 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 22 min |
| May 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 37 min |
| May 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 47 min |
| May 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 27, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 65 min |
| May 27, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 54 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.