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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 2, 2009Haskell County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2009, 8:38 PM CDT for Haskell County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 2, 2009, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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
Aug 2, 8:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ssw Sublette, KS
Aug 2, 8:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Se Satanta, KS	THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY.
Aug 2, 8:57 PM CDT	TORNADO	11 Se Satanta, KS	THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 TIMES BETWEEN 847 PM AND 857 PM JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.
Aug 2, 9:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Se Satanta, KS	THE TORNADO LASTED FOR 10 MINUTES FROM 850 PM TO 9 PM.

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
Aug 2, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 2948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 8.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 030138
TORDDC
KSC081-119-175-030215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0052.090803T0138Z-090803T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
838 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SATANTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SATANTA...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND
  SOUTHERN HASKELL 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 10074 3738 10056 3719 10075 3714 10098
      3743 10107 3751 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 330DEG 13KT 3739 10092

$$

JOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 030151
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
851 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

KSC081-119-175-030215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-090803T0215Z/
HASKELL KS-MEADE KS-SEWARD KS-
851 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUBLETTE...OR 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SATANTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUBLETTE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND
  SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3740 10105 3748 10087 3748 10072 3738 10056
      3719 10075 3714 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 330DEG 13KT 3735 10092

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 030214
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
914 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

KSC081-119-175-030224-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-090803T0215Z/
HASKELL KS-MEADE KS-SEWARD KS-
914 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT...

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3740 10105 3748 10087 3748 10072 3738 10056
      3719 10075 3714 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 330DEG 13KT 3728 10087

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade	46 min
Aug 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	46 min
Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	53 min
Aug 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	48 min
Aug 2, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	39 min
Aug 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	48 min
Aug 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward	48 min
Aug 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	47 min
Aug 2, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	30 min
Aug 2, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	20 min
Aug 2, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	51 min

Nearby

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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.