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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2009, 3:04 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 18, 2009, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2009, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 182004 TORDDC KSC083-135-182045- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.090418T2004Z-090418T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 304 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALVESTA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3830 10005 3820 9991 3812 10013 3818 10017 TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 237DEG 6KT 3816 10013 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 182022
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
322 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
KSC083-135-182045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090418T2045Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
322 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HODGEMAN AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NESS COUNTIES...
AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY...OR
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3822 9993 3817 10004 3816 10006 3820 10011
3822 10013 3830 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 234DEG 9KT 3821 10005
$$
18000
WWUS53 KDDC 182043
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
343 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
KSC083-135-182051-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090418T2045Z/
NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS-
343 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
NESS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 345 PM CDT...
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHERN NESS COUNTIES.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3822 9993 3817 10004 3816 10006 3820 10011
3822 10013 3830 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 234DEG 9KT 3824 10000
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 21 min |
| Apr 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 18 min |
| Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Hodgeman | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 47 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.