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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 5, 2008Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 3:23 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 5, 2008, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 5, 3:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Sse Collyer, KS
Jun 5, 3:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Nw Collyer, KS	VINYL SIDING RIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF HIS HOME. ALL WINDOWS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE BROKEN.
Jun 5, 3:37 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Collyer, KS	A SPOTTER REPORTED AT LEAST 2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL BREAKING WINDOWS IN COLLYER.
Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	Voda, KS	TWO TORNADOES WERE REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER NEAR VODA.
Jun 5, 3:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Wakeeney, KS	SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. ELEPHANTS WITH A CIRCUS WERE SPOOKED BY THE THUNDERSTORM AND WERE RUNNING LOOSE IN WAKEENEY.

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
Jun 5, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 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 052023
TORDDC
KSC195-052100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0080.080605T2023Z-080605T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COLLYER...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOVE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLLYER...
  VODA...
  WAKEENEY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3912 9968 3883 10015 3884 10016 3907 10016
      3914 10006 3913 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 233DEG 55KT 3890 10022

$$

UMSCHEID

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052031
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-052100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080605T2100Z/
TREGO KS-
331 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY...

AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLYER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLLYER...
  VODA...
  WAKEENEY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3912 9968 3883 10015 3884 10016 3907 10016
      3914 10006 3913 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 227DEG 51KT 3899 10016

$$

UMSCHEID

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052037
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-052100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080605T2100Z/
TREGO KS-
336 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY...

AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF COLLYER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLLYER...
  VODA...
  WAKEENEY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE
OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER AND VERY DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY NEAR THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3912 9968 3883 10015 3884 10016 3907 10016
      3914 10006 3913 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 238DEG 52KT 3903 10005

$$

UMSCHEID

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052054
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-052104-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080605T2100Z/
TREGO KS-
354 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400
PM CDT...

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

AT 337 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 
IN COLLYER.

LAT...LON 3912 9968 3883 10015 3884 10016 3907 10016
      3914 10006 3913 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 236DEG 49KT 3917 9980

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 12 more	8 hr
Jun 5, 8:48 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more	12 hr
Jun 5, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	35 min
Jun 5, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	42 min
Jun 5, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	38 min
Jun 5, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	37 min
Jun 5, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	38 min
Jun 5, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	45 min
Jun 5, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	50 min
Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	45 min
Jun 5, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	33 min
Jun 5, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	23 min
Jun 5, 1:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	23 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	32 min
Jun 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	45 min
Jun 5, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	42 min
Jun 5, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stafford	20 min
Jun 5, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	32 min
Jun 5, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	45 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	28 min
Jun 5, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	39 min
Jun 5, 3:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	15 min
Jun 5, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	44 min
Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Scott	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.