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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 2008Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2008, 5:32 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 5 reports 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 22, 2008, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 5:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	6 Ne Dighton, KS
May 22, 5:32 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Wnw Alamota, KS
May 22, 5:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 E Dighton, KS
May 22, 5:38 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Nnw Alamota, KS
May 22, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 2	1 Sw Pendennis, KS	HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND SHREDDED VEGETATION.

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 22, 1:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -320 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 222233
TORDDC
KSC101-135-195-222315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0008.080522T2232Z-080522T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
532 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DIGHTON...
  SHIELDS...
  PENDENNIS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN LANE...NORTHWESTERN NESS AND
  SOUTHWESTERN TREGO 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.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR LANE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3845 10053 3870 10047 3871 10016 3906 10016
      3908 10008 3891 9992 3838 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 203DEG 30KT 3849 10041

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 222242
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
539 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

KSC101-135-195-222315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080522T2315Z/
TREGO KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-
539 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NESS...NORTHEASTERN LANE AND SOUTHWESTERN TREGO
COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DIGHTON...
  SHIELDS...
  PENDENNIS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN LANE...NORTHWESTERN NESS AND
  SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES.

STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO WITH DEBRIS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
UTICA.

RESIDENTS OF PENDENNIS AND UTICA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3891 9992 3841 10037 3849 10048 3870 10047
      3871 10016 3906 10016 3908 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 203DEG 30KT 3854 10038

$$

FINCH

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 222301
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
558 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

KSC101-135-195-222315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080522T2315Z/
TREGO KS-LANE KS-NESS KS-
558 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN NESS...NORTHEASTERN LANE AND WEST CENTRAL TREGO
COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENDENNIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLLYER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN LANE...NORTHWESTERN NESS AND
  WESTERN TREGO COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3893 10000 3874 10015 3873 10018 3868 10019
      3856 10028 3861 10039 3869 10046 3871 10020
      3877 10016 3906 10016 3907 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 196DEG 42KT 3872 10025

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:30 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 10 more	23 hr
May 22, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Haskell	64 min
May 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	49 min
May 22, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	44 min
May 22, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	21 min
May 22, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	40 min
May 22, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Haskell	39 min
May 22, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	48 min
May 22, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott	59 min
May 22, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	20 min
May 22, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	51 min
May 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	28 min
May 22, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	44 min
May 22, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	14 min
May 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	39 min
May 22, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	67 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.