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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2009, 8:35 PM CDT for Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 10, 2009, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 110135 TORDDC KSC119-175-110200- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0032.090611T0135Z-090611T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 835 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 832 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINS CITY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF SUBLETTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLAINS CITY... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN SEWARD AND WESTERN MEADE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...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 3739 10051 3724 10051 3729 10091 3737 10087 TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 268DEG 17KT 3735 10083 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 110149 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 849 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 KSC119-175-110200- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090611T0200Z/ MEADE KS-SEWARD KS- 849 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD AND WEST CENTRAL MEADE COUNTIES... AT 846 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN SEWARD AND WESTERN MEADE COUNTIES. AT 828 PM A STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 190 AND US 83. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3729 10073 3738 10072 3739 10051 3724 10051 TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 269DEG 21KT 3734 10068 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 43 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.