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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 18, 2008Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2008, 7:39 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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 18, 2008, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2008, 8:07 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 7:40 PM CDTTORNADO5 Nne Plains City, KSTHERE WERE OIL DRUMS TURNED OVER ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.
Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 805 E Plains City, KS
Jun 18, 7:58 PM CDTHAIL 0.758 Nw Missler, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 990 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 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 190039
TORDDC
KSC119-190130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0082.080619T0039Z-080619T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
739 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  PLAINS CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLAINS CITY...
  MISSLER...
  MEADE...
  MEADE STATE PARK...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN MEADE 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3724 10025 3710 10041 3711 10060 3736 10062
      3743 10052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 324DEG 31KT 3732 10052

$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 190052
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

KSC119-190130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080619T0130Z/
MEADE KS-
752 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MEADE COUNTY...

AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSLER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MISSLER...
  MEADE...
  MEADE STATE PARK...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN MEADE 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.

LAT...LON 3711 10060 3735 10058 3739 10050 3724 10025
      3714 10037 3713 10037 3710 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 323DEG 26KT 3725 10046

$$

FINCH
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 190107
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
806 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

KSC119-190116-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080619T0130Z/
MEADE KS-
806 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MEADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3711 10060 3735 10058 3739 10050 3724 10025
      3714 10037 3713 10037 3710 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 323DEG 26KT 3717 10038

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward54 min
Jun 18, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade6 min
Jun 18, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward47 min
Jun 18, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego52 min
Jun 18, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stevens45 min
Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens65 min
Jun 18, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade47 min
Jun 18, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess66 min
Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward17 min
Jun 18, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens50 min
Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens45 min
Jun 18, 8:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCKearny5 hr
Jun 18, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush30 min
Jun 19, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny52 min
Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton52 min
Jun 19, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton42 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens28 min
Jun 19, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade38 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton40 min
Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens53 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward12 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.