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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 8, 2008Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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: Jul 8, 2008, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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
Jul 8, 6:31 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nw Seward, KS	A BRIEF LANDSPOUT TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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: 116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 082327
TORDDC
KSC185-090000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0083.080708T2327Z-080709T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
627 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEWARD...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...
  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.

LAT...LON 3808 9884 3824 9890 3825 9887 3825 9848
      3813 9859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 296DEG 6KT 3819 9877

$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 082348
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
645 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

KSC185-090000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080709T0000Z/
STAFFORD KS-
645 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...

AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SEWARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT NEAR SEWARD. THE 
THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADO DAMAGE FROM THIS LANDSPOUT IS SMALL. 
IT COULD STILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. 

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.

LAT...LON 3808 9884 3824 9890 3825 9887 3825 9868
      3825 9848 3813 9859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 346DEG 9KT 3816 9879

$$

GERARD

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 090002
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
702 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

KSC185-090012-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080709T0000Z/
STAFFORD KS-
702 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

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

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME 
OCCASIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM THIS STORM BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED 
TO REACH THE GROUND.

LAT...LON 3808 9884 3824 9890 3825 9887 3825 9868
      3825 9848 3813 9859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 346DEG 9KT 3815 9879

$$

GERARD

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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.