Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2009, 8:01 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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 13, 2009, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 13 W Richfield, KS | |
| Jun 13, 8:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Wsw Richfield, KS | |
| Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 10 W Richfield, KS | |
| Jun 13, 8:21 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Wsw Richfield, KS | INFLOW INTO THE STORM IS OVER 60 MPH FROM THE EAST. |
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 13, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 140101 TORDDC KSC129-140130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0037.090614T0101Z-090614T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 701 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RICHFIELD... RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY. 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 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3727 10157 3702 10160 3711 10205 3731 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 280DEG 24KT 3721 10209 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 140108 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 808 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009 KSC129-140130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090614T0130Z/ MORTON KS- 808 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY... AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILBURTON... RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3727 10157 3702 10160 3711 10205 3731 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 291DEG 24KT 3720 10202 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 140121 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 821 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009 KSC129-140130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090614T0130Z/ MORTON KS- 821 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY... AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RICHFIELD... ROLLA... RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3717 10202 3730 10196 3727 10157 3702 10160 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 278DEG 33KT 3720 10184 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward, Stevens | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Seward | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Kearny | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 77 min |
| Jun 14, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 47 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.