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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2009, 5:50 PM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 14, 2009, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Copeland, KS | CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT SUBLETTE FEEDERS. A LEG WAS BLOWN FROM A GRAIN ELEVATOR, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED. |
| Jun 14, 5:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tice, KS | TWO POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THEY WERE SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE. |
| Jun 14, 5:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Copeland, KS | CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TURNED OVER. TWO TRAILERS WERE BLOWN OVER. TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE. |
| Jun 14, 6:05 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | Copeland, KS | FOUR INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS FELL. |
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 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 142250 TORDDC KSC069-081-119-142315- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0040.090614T2250Z-090614T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF TICE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TICE... COPELAND... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY 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. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR HASKELL COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3762 10051 3744 10050 3748 10082 3757 10081 TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 271DEG 25KT 3753 10075 $$ RITTERLING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 142304 RRA SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 604 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009 KSC081-142314- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-090614T2315Z/ HASKELL KS- 604 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TICE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3746 10065 3760 10064 3762 10051 3744 10050 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 271DEG 31KT 3749 10058 $$ KSC069-119-142315- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-090614T2315Z/ GRAY KS-MEADE KS- 604 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES... AT 601 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTH OF COPELAND... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COPELAND... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY 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 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3746 10065 3760 10064 3762 10051 3744 10050 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 271DEG 31KT 3749 10058 $$ RITTERLING
000 WWUS53 KDDC 142314 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 614 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009 KSC069-119-142322- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-090614T2315Z/ GRAY KS-MEADE KS- 614 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COPELAND... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES. THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3746 10065 3760 10064 3762 10051 3744 10050 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 256DEG 31KT 3752 10049 $$ RITTERLING
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, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 29 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, 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.