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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 5, 2008Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 12:52 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
Jun 5, 2008, 12:52 PM MDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2008, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 12:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1268 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 367 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 051852
TORDDC
KSC075-051915-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0077.080605T1852Z-080605T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1252 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 115 PM MDT

* AT 1250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
  NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF COOLIDGE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3815 10205 3825 10205 3827 10203 3827 10173
      3826 10173 3805 10205 3807 10207 3814 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 229DEG 34KT 3820 10203

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 051910
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
210 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSC075-051920-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-080605T1915Z/
HAMILTON KS-
110 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT
115 PM MDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3815 10205 3825 10205 3827 10203 3827 10173
      3826 10173 3805 10205 3807 10207 3814 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 229DEG 34KT 3831 10187

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:00 AM MDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 12 more8 hr
Jun 5, 7:48 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more12 hr
Jun 5, 10:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt35 min
Jun 5, 11:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford42 min
Jun 5, 11:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Morton, Stanton38 min
Jun 5, 11:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford37 min
Jun 5, 11:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford38 min
Jun 5, 12:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant45 min
Jun 5, 12:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton50 min
Jun 5, 12:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt45 min
Jun 5, 12:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford33 min
Jun 5, 12:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford23 min
Jun 5, 12:58 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford32 min
Jun 5, 1:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott45 min
Jun 5, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford42 min
Jun 5, 1:25 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCStafford20 min
Jun 5, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott32 min
Jun 5, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford45 min
Jun 5, 1:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford28 min
Jun 5, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt39 min
Jun 5, 2:23 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCTrego37 min
Jun 5, 2:24 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt15 min
Jun 5, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt44 min
Jun 5, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Scott46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.