Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2009, 7:57 PM CDT for Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2009, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Finney County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 12 N Tice, KS | |
| Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 Sse Plymell, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 300057 TORDDC KSC055-081-300145- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0026.090430T0057Z-090430T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 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. NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM CHASERS CONTINUE TO TRACK A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. 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 HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR FINNEY AND HASKELL COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3756 10066 3751 10089 3782 10090 3784 10073 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 338DEG 12KT 3775 10084 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 300111 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 811 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 KSC055-081-300145- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-090430T0145Z/ FINNEY KS-HASKELL KS- 811 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND EXTREME SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBLE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3780 10072 3756 10066 3751 10089 3778 10090 TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 338DEG 12KT 3771 10081 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 300122 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 KSC055-081-300145- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-090430T0145Z/ FINNEY KS-HASKELL KS- 822 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND SOUTHERN FINNEY 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 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3780 10072 3756 10066 3751 10089 3778 10090 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 347DEG 8KT 3769 10084 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 22 min |
| Apr 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 74 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.