Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2009, 12:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 26, 2009, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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 26, 5:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 261725 TORDDC KSC047-097-151-185-261800- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0019.090426T1725Z-090426T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1225 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 1223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAVILAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAVILAND... WELLSFORD... TROUSDALE... HOPEWELL... BYERS... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PRATT... SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD 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. BLOWING DUST OR DEBRIS AND SUDDEN WIND CHANGES MAY MEAN A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING OR APPROACHING. THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION IS NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3783 9911 3782 9877 3751 9911 3755 9931 TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 214DEG 29KT 3760 9916 $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 261739 RRA SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1239 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009 KSC047-097-151-185-261800- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090426T1800Z/ STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-PRATT KS-KIOWA KS- 1239 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES... AT 1238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF TROUSDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROUSDALE... HOPEWELL... BYERS... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PRATT... SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3783 9911 3782 9877 3763 9906 3764 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 214DEG 29KT 3773 9905 $$ RUSSELL
000 WWUS53 KDDC 261802 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 102 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009 KSC047-097-151-185-261811- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090426T1800Z/ STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-PRATT KS-KIOWA KS- 102 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PRATT... SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 100 PM CDT... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROUSDALE... HOPEWELL... BYERS... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN PRATT... SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH 130 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3783 9911 3782 9877 3763 9906 3764 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 214DEG 29KT 3773 9905 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 5:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 18 min |
| Apr 26, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 6:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Morton, Seward, Stevens | 66 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.