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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 20094 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 6:10 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sw Macksville, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 848 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 152305
TORDDC
KSC047-145-151-185-152330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0049.090615T2305Z-090615T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF
  TROUSDALE...OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF BELPRE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TROUSDALE...
  HOPEWELL...
  MACKSVILLE...
  DILLWYN...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN PRATT...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES.

THIS TORNADO MAY BE EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE 

MACKSVILLE IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS VIOLENT TORNADO

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 9887 3791 9871 3778 9895 3779 9913
      3801 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 253DEG 24KT 3790 9909

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 152309 RRA
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-145-151-185-152330-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090615T2330Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-EDWARDS KS-PRATT KS-
609 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PRATT...EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS...SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A CONFIRMED TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACKSVILLE...OR 4 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELPRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE

MACKSVILLE IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS TORNADO

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TROUSDALE...
  MACKSVILLE...
  DILLWYN...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN PRATT...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 9887 3791 9871 3778 9895 3779 9913
      3801 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 243DEG 20KT 3791 9905

$$

RUSSELL
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 152324
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-151-152332-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090615T2330Z/
EDWARDS KS-PRATT KS-
624 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PRATT AND EAST CENTRAL
EDWARDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOPEWELL...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS AND NORTHWESTERN PRATT
  COUNTIES.

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

LAT...LON 3783 9887 3783 9896 3794 9901 3813 9887
      3791 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 236DEG 22KT 3793 9894

$$

KSC145-185-152330-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090615T2330Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
624 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUSNDERTORM WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES 
WAS 3 MILES SOUTH OF MACKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MACKSVILLE...
  DILLWYN...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD
  COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

AT 618 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACKSVILLE. 

DILLWYN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3783 9887 3783 9896 3794 9901 3813 9887
      3791 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 236DEG 22KT 3793 9894

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark50 min
Jun 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa38 min
Jun 14, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa26 min
Jun 14, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche33 min
Jun 14, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt46 min
Jun 14, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis46 min
Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray45 min
Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny41 min
Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman45 min
Jun 15, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell51 min
Jun 15, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee40 min
Jun 15, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman37 min
Jun 15, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny20 min
Jun 15, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray36 min
Jun 15, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray44 min
Jun 15, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness39 min
Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee36 min
Jun 15, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee30 min
Jun 15, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman46 min
Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord32 min
Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush8 min
Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee44 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee36 min
Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa43 min
Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards31 min
Jun 15, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa51 min
Jun 15, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford39 min
Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford46 min
Jun 15, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis22 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.