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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 27 min |
| 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 |
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.