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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 2009Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2009, 9:26 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 11, 2009, 9:26 PM MDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2009, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 9:47 PM MDTHAIL 1.515 S Coolidge, KSTHIS REPORT WAS FROM HAMILTON COUNTY SPOTTERS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 120326
TORDDC
KSC075-187-120415-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0033.090612T0326Z-090612T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
926 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/

* AT 926 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF COOLIDGE...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON
  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.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY
MORNING/500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3790 10205 3787 10155 3763 10160 3753 10203
      3755 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 286DEG 36KT 3784 10208

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120340
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
940 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

KSC075-187-120415-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090612T0415Z/
HAMILTON KS-STANTON KS-
940 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/
FOR NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 939 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...OR 17
MILES SOUTH OF COOLIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON
  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.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY
MORNING/500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3757 10191 3775 10204 3786 10203 3787 10155
      3763 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 293DEG 30KT 3779 10196

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 120355
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
955 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

KSC075-187-120415-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090612T0415Z/
HAMILTON KS-STANTON KS-
955 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/
FOR NORTH CENTRAL STANTON AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 953 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY...OR
14 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN STANTON AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON
  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.

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.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT FRIDAY
MORNING/500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3775 10192 3786 10190 3785 10156 3763 10160
      3760 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 286DEG 30KT 3777 10182

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton72 min
Jun 11, 10:13 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton47 min
Jun 11, 10:50 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny40 min
Jun 11, 11:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny38 min
Jun 11, 11:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward64 min
Jun 11, 11:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny40 min
Jun 12, 12:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Kearny45 min
Jun 12, 12:17 AM MDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Gray, Meade29 min
Jun 12, 12:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny46 min
Jun 12, 12:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark51 min
Jun 12, 12:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman46 min
Jun 12, 1:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward44 min
Jun 12, 1:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee55 min
Jun 12, 1:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa62 min
Jun 12, 1:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman47 min
Jun 12, 1:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward64 min
Jun 12, 2:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee62 min
Jun 12, 2:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt52 min
Jun 12, 2:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa62 min
Jun 12, 2:53 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford52 min
Jun 12, 2:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade48 min
Jun 12, 3:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa52 min
Jun 12, 3:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa, Meade45 min
Jun 12, 4:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt45 min
Jun 12, 4:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche49 min

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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.