Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 4:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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 15, 2009, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 15, 5:04 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Bellefont, KS | |
| Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Bellefont, KS | SEMI TRUCK WAS BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER REPORTED HIS VEHICLE WAS AIRBORNE. |
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 15, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 152154 TORDDC KSC047-057-083-145-152230- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0045.090615T2154Z-090615T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 454 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF BELLEFONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELLEFONT... OFFERLE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE 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 3813 9942 3788 9941 3782 9976 3792 9985 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 245DEG 20KT 3792 9966 $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 152218 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 518 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 KSC047-057-083-145-152230- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-090615T2230Z/ PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 518 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES... AT 516 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES NORTH OF OFFERLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OFFERLE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. AT 504 PM STORM CHASERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILE NORTH OF BELLEFONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3813 9942 3788 9941 3782 9976 3792 9985 TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 245DEG 20KT 3797 9952 $$ GERARD
000 WWUS53 KDDC 152236 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 536 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 KSC047-057-083-145-152244- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-090615T2230Z/ PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 536 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT... A NEW TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OFFERLE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3813 9942 3788 9941 3782 9976 3792 9985 TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 245DEG 20KT 3797 9952 $$ RUSSELL
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, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 37 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.