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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 7:44 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott 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 22, 2010, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2010, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406
WFUS53 KDDC 230044
TORDDC
KSC101-171-230130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0010.100423T0044Z-100423T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GRIGSTON. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEALY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10068 3869 10055 3852 10032 3844 10073
3852 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 235DEG 17KT 3851 10067
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
138
WWUS53 KDDC 230058
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
758 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
KSC101-171-230130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-100423T0130Z/
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
758 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LANE AND
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MANNING. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND VERY LARGE
HAIL AND TORNADOES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEALY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN LANE
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10068 3869 10055 3852 10032 3844 10073
3852 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 242DEG 22KT 3857 10064
$$
RUSSELL343
WWUS53 KDDC 230103
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
803 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
KSC171-230113-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-100423T0130Z/
SCOTT KS-
803 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3852 10032 3848 10067 3848 10068 3869 10068
3869 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 242DEG 22KT 3859 10060
$$
KSC101-230130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-100423T0130Z/
LANE KS-
803 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LANE COUNTY UNTIL
830 PM CDT...
AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HEALY. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEALY...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LANE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 10032 3848 10067 3848 10068 3869 10068
3869 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 242DEG 22KT 3859 10060
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 22 min |
| Apr 22, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 18 min |
| Apr 22, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 19 min |
| Apr 23, 12:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Lane | 12 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 21 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.