Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2009, 3:41 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 2, 2009, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2009, 4:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Ese Windthorst, KS | |
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Windthorst, KS | A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 022041 TORDDC KSC057-022115- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0029.090602T2041Z-090602T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 341 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF WINDHORST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINDHORST... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD COUNTY. DODGE CITY IS NOT IN THIS WARNING. 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. && LAT...LON 3784 9958 3766 9957 3771 9980 3777 9980 TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 270DEG 12KT 3775 9972 $$ WRIGHT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 022057 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 357 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 KSC057-022115- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090602T2115Z/ FORD KS- 357 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY... AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINDHORST...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINDHORST... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 3770 9969 3778 9969 3779 9958 3767 9957 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 280DEG 9KT 3774 9967 $$ WRIGHT
000 WWUS53 KDDC 022108 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 408 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 KSC057-022118- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090602T2115Z/ FORD KS- 408 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINDHORST... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD COUNTY. LAT...LON 3770 9969 3778 9969 3779 9958 3767 9957 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 270DEG 12KT 3775 9960 $$ WRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 28 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.