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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 4:23 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 15, 2009, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 15, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 152123 TORDDC KSC057-083-152200- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0043.090615T2123Z-090615T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 423 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANSTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HANSTON... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN 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 MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3815 9971 3800 9958 3785 9996 3795 10006 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 243DEG 26KT 3794 9994 $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 152144 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 444 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 KSC057-152154- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-090615T2200Z/ FORD KS- 444 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN FORD COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3809 9966 3800 9958 3792 9978 3796 9982 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 251DEG 31KT 3795 9973 $$ KSC083-152200- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-090615T2200Z/ HODGEMAN KS- 444 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLEFONT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3809 9966 3800 9958 3792 9978 3796 9982 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 251DEG 31KT 3795 9973 $$ RUSSELL
000 WWUS53 KDDC 152202 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 502 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 KSC083-152213- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-090615T2200Z/ HODGEMAN KS- 502 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT... * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY. THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3809 9966 3800 9958 3792 9978 3796 9982 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 251DEG 31KT 3794 9973 $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 8 min |
| Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.