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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 26, 2009Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2009, 12:09 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 26, 2009, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2009, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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
Apr 26, 12:13 PM CDTHAIL 1.255 N Protection, KSHAIL BROKE WINDOWS FROM HOUSES.
Apr 26, 12:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 N Protection, KSGROUND WAS C0VERED BY PEA TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.
Apr 26, 12:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 W Coldwater, KSTHE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTS WALL CLOUD ROTATION.
Apr 26, 12:18 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 N Coldwater, KS
Apr 26, 12:42 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 Nw Coldwater, 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
Apr 26, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 26, 11:07 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 12:00Z on 2009-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1949 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 12:00Z on 2009-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 382 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.6
Supercell composite
18.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 261709
TORDDC
KSC025-033-097-261745-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0018.090426T1709Z-090426T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1209 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF
  PROTECTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROTECTION...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND
  SOUTHERN KIOWA 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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 9950 3738 9922 3711 9950 3719 9955
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 219DEG 33KT 3723 9948

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford40 min
Apr 26, 5:43 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford29 min
Apr 26, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa42 min
Apr 26, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche48 min
Apr 26, 11:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards39 min
Apr 26, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa47 min
Apr 26, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche42 min
Apr 26, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee49 min
Apr 26, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford35 min
Apr 26, 12:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche18 min
Apr 26, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa30 min
Apr 26, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford43 min
Apr 26, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford42 min
Apr 26, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa48 min
Apr 26, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt44 min
Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford31 min
Apr 26, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt52 min
Apr 26, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche44 min
Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche65 min
Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber53 min
Apr 26, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber32 min
Apr 26, 6:54 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCMorton, Seward, Stevens66 min

Nearby

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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.