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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2009Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 5:31 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2009, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Sw Garfield, KS
Jun 15, 5:46 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Kinsley, KS	THE HAIL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY 50 MPH WINDS.
Jun 15, 5:46 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	N Kinsley, KS	THE HAIL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY 50 MPH WINDS.
Jun 15, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	1 Wnw Kinsley, KS

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 152231
TORDDC
KSC047-145-152315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0047.090615T2231Z-090615T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
531 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
  KINSLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINSLEY...
  LEWIS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN 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 3808 9927 3785 9914 3780 9953 3791 9952
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 250DEG 15KT 3789 9940

$$

RUSSELL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 152255
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
555 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

KSC047-145-152315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-090615T2315Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
555 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
EDWARDS AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF LEWIS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWIS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3783 9929 3793 9934 3808 9927 3785 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 255DEG 15KT 3791 9924

$$

RUSSELL

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 152309
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
609 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

KSC047-145-152319-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-090615T2315Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
609 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EDWARDS AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
PAWNEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWIS...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE 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 MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3783 9929 3793 9934 3808 9927 3785 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 255DEG 15KT 3792 9917

$$

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, 4:23 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, 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, 5:39 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.