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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2009, 3:10 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2009, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 182010 TORDDC KSC055-069-081-182045- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0014.090418T2010Z-090418T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 310 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WEST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF COPELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN HASKELL...SOUTHERN FINNEY AND WESTERN GRAY 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 3791 10057 3770 10041 3758 10070 3770 10067 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 217DEG 12KT 3765 10064 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 182035
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
335 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
KSC055-182046-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090418T2045Z/
FINNEY KS-
335 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3770 10063 3791 10057 3769 10047 3765 10054
3760 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 217DEG 12KT 3772 10058
$$
KSC069-081-182045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090418T2045Z/
GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-
335 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL HASKELL AND WEST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF INGALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HASKELL AND WESTERN GRAY 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 3770 10063 3791 10057 3769 10047 3765 10054
3760 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 217DEG 12KT 3772 10058
$$
18000
WWUS53 KDDC 182043 RRA
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
343 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
KSC069-081-182054-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090418T2045Z/
GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-
343 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HASKELL AND WEST
CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 345 PM CDT...
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HASKELL AND WESTERN GRAY COUNTIES.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3770 10063 3791 10057 3769 10047 3765 10054
3760 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 217DEG 12KT 3774 10056
$$
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, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 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.