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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 5, 2008Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 2:25 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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, 11:47 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 051925
TORDDC
KSC185-051945-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0079.080605T1925Z-080605T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HUDSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 53 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUDSON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD 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.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR STAFFORD AND 
EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES..

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.


LAT...LON 3814 9875 3825 9867 3825 9865 3825 9848
      3823 9848 3815 9847 3805 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 222DEG 46KT 3818 9861

$$

RITTERLING
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 051942
SVSDDC

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

KSC185-051952-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080605T1945Z/
STAFFORD KS-
242 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
245 PM CDT...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3814 9875 3825 9867 3825 9865 3825 9848
      3823 9848 3815 9847 3805 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 222DEG 46KT 3834 9842

$$

RITTERLING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 12 more8 hr
Jun 5, 8:48 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more12 hr
Jun 5, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt35 min
Jun 5, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford42 min
Jun 5, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Morton, Stanton38 min
Jun 5, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford37 min
Jun 5, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford38 min
Jun 5, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant45 min
Jun 5, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton50 min
Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt45 min
Jun 5, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford33 min
Jun 5, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford23 min
Jun 5, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton23 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford32 min
Jun 5, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott45 min
Jun 5, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford42 min
Jun 5, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott32 min
Jun 5, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford45 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford28 min
Jun 5, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt39 min
Jun 5, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego37 min
Jun 5, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt15 min
Jun 5, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt44 min
Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial 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.