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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 2, 2009Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2009, 5:17 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 2, 2009, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2009-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2009-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 022217
TORDDC
KSC047-097-022245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0030.090602T2217Z-090602T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
517 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 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.

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TROUSDALE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAVILAND...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TROUSDALE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS
  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.

&&

LAT...LON 3786 9904 3761 9903 3766 9926 3772 9926
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 264DEG 14KT 3769 9919

$$

WRIGHT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 022233
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
533 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

KSC047-097-022245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-090602T2245Z/
EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS-
533 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...

AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...OR 5
MILES NORTH OF HAVILAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS
  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.

&&

LAT...LON 3773 9914 3777 9904 3761 9903 3763 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 266DEG 15KT 3769 9909

$$

WRIGHT
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 022243
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
543 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

KSC047-097-022251-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-090602T2245Z/
EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS-
543 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN
EDWARDS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT...

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3773 9914 3777 9904 3761 9903 3763 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 266DEG 15KT 3769 9905

$$

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward43 min
Jun 2, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray65 min
Jun 2, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray62 min
Jun 2, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray38 min
Jun 2, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray48 min
Jun 2, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord45 min
Jun 2, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray45 min
Jun 2, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord59 min
Jun 2, 3:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCFord3 hr
Jun 2, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord27 min
Jun 2, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa45 min
Jun 2, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.