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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 29, 2009Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2009, 7:08 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 7 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 29, 2009, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 29, 7:26 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 Nnw Plymell, KSWINDS WERE GUSTING TO 70 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST.
Apr 29, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 2.7510 S Garden City, KSHAIL PUNCHED NUMEROUS HOLES IN WINDOWS AND DAMAGED THE BLINDS INSIDE.
Apr 29, 7:30 PM CDTTORNADOPlymell, KSSTORM CHASER REPORTS DUST CIRCULATION ON GROUND BENEATH FUNNEL CLOUD ALOFT.
Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG10 S Garden City, KSTHIS MAY BE TORNADO DAMAGE.
Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDTTORNADO4 Se Plymell, KSTHIS STORM BEGAN WITH TORNADIC PROPERTIES AT 7 PM CDT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE CHASERS SPOTTED THE STORM ORIGINALLY TRACKING EAST, THEN SHIFTED SOUTHEAST, AND THEN SOUTH. THESE CHASERS WITNESSED 6 TO 8 DIFFERENT TOUCHDOWNS RANGING FROM 5 MILES SOU
Apr 29, 7:38 PM CDTTORNADO2 W Plymell, KS
Apr 29, 7:38 PM CDTTORNADO3 Sw Plymell, KSTORNADO LASTED ABOUT A MINUTE.

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 29, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 00:00Z on 2009-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2241 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 00:00Z on 2009-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 300008
TORDDC
KSC055-300030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0024.090430T0008Z-090430T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
708 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND 
  STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
  GARDEN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMELL...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR FINNEY
COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10105 3797 10089 3788 10073 3775 10069
      3775 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 303DEG 7KT 3787 10095

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 300018
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
718 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

KSC055-300030-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-090430T0030Z/
FINNEY KS-
718 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...

AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLYMELL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMELL...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY NEAR PLYMELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10105 3797 10089 3788 10073 3775 10069
      3775 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 309DEG 3KT 3786 10093

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott31 min
Apr 29, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego26 min
Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Haskell33 min
Apr 29, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Haskell48 min
Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell51 min
Apr 29, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee63 min
Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell31 min
Apr 29, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell43 min
Apr 29, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward43 min
Apr 29, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa28 min
Apr 29, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens74 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.