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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2009, 1:14 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2009, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 181814
TORDDC
KSC055-181900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0006.090418T1814Z-090418T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
114 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
FINNEY COUNTY...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PIERCEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY.
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 EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR CENTRAL FINNEY
COUNTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 10065 3820 10041 3807 10042 3801 10049
3800 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 191DEG 7KT 3803 10060
$$
183 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 181829
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
129 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
KSC055-181900-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090418T1900Z/
FINNEY KS-
129 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FINNEY COUNTY...
AT 128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...OR 12 MILES
NORTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 10065 3820 10041 3807 10042 3801 10049
3800 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 214DEG 10KT 3803 10051
$$
18000
WWUS53 KDDC 181842
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
142 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
KSC055-181900-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090418T1900Z/
FINNEY KS-
142 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FINNEY COUNTY...
AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...OR 11
MILES WEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 10065 3820 10041 3807 10042 3801 10049
3800 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 224DEG 9KT 3803 10047
$$
18000
WWUS53 KDDC 181859
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
159 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
KSC055-181908-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090418T1900Z/
FINNEY KS-
159 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 200 PM
CDT...
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3820 10065 3820 10041 3807 10042 3801 10049
3800 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 224DEG 9KT 3806 10043
$$
18The 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, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.