Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2009, 1:03 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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
- Apr 18, 2009, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2009, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 N Cimarron, KS | |
| Apr 18, 1:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sw Kalvesta, KS | |
| Apr 18, 1:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 N Cimarron, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 9 MILES NORTH OF CIMARRON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 181803 TORDDC KSC055-069-181830- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0005.090418T1803Z-090418T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 103 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NORTH CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALVESTA...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CIMARRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KALVESTA... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN 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 REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST GRAY AND EAST CENTRAL FINNEY. && LAT...LON 3820 10042 3817 10023 3786 10031 3789 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 204DEG 11KT 3791 10036 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 181809 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 109 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 KSC055-069-181830- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090418T1830Z/ FINNEY KS-GRAY KS- 109 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GRAY AND EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALVESTA...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CIMARRON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KALVESTA... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY COUNTIES. AT 1258 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF INGALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 3789 10031 3792 10042 3820 10042 3817 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 201DEG 11KT 3794 10036 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 181817 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 117 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 KSC055-069-181830- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090418T1830Z/ FINNEY KS-GRAY KS- 117 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GRAY AND EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTIES... AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KALVESTA... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN 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. && LAT...LON 3789 10031 3792 10042 3820 10042 3817 10023 TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 204DEG 9KT 3794 10035 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 21 min |
| Apr 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 18 min |
| Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Hodgeman | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 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.