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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2009, 6:40 PM CDT for Edwards County, Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 9, 2009, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Nne Mullinville, KS | |
| Jun 9, 6:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Wnw Greensburg, KS | DTS STORM TEAM REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 092340 TORDDC KSC047-057-097-100015- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0031.090609T2340Z-090610T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 640 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLINVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MULLINVILLE... GREENSBURG... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3782 9930 3760 9921 3758 9963 3770 9968 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 274DEG 24KT 3766 9955 $$ RITTERLING
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 092351 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 651 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSC047-057-097-100015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090610T0015Z/ EDWARDS KS-FORD KS-KIOWA KS- 651 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA...EAST CENTRAL FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 649 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTH OF MULLINVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MULLINVILLE... GREENSBURG... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OVER GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3782 9930 3760 9921 3758 9963 3770 9968 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 274DEG 24KT 3765 9946 $$ RITTERLING
000 WWUS53 KDDC 092357 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 657 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSC057-100007- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090610T0015Z/ FORD KS- 657 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3774 9955 3782 9930 3760 9921 3758 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 262DEG 15KT 3765 9943 $$ KSC047-097-100015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090610T0015Z/ EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS- 657 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 655 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULLINVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MULLINVILLE... GREENSBURG... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALL SIZED OR LARGER AND VERY DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY NEAR THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3774 9955 3782 9930 3760 9921 3758 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 262DEG 15KT 3765 9943 $$ RITTERLING
000 WWUS53 KDDC 100005 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 705 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSC047-097-100015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090610T0015Z/ EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS- 705 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 653 PM CDT...A BRIEF TORNADO WAS REPORTED 4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GREENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MULLINVILLE... GREENSBURG... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER AS WELL AS DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3774 9955 3782 9930 3760 9921 3758 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 262DEG 15KT 3766 9939 $$ RITTERLING
000 WWUS53 KDDC 100013 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 713 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 KSC047-097-100023- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090610T0015Z/ EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS- 713 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM CDT... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3774 9955 3782 9930 3760 9921 3758 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 266DEG 26KT 3767 9926 $$ RITTERLING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 16 min |
| Jun 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 48 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.