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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2010, 3:11 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- May 10, 2010, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Brownell, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 531 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 603 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
698 WFUS53 KDDC 102011 TORDDC KSC135-102045- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.100510T2011Z-100510T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 311 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 310 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANSOM AND BROWNELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS CONFIRMED WITH THIS STORM. 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 9961 3846 9959 3847 10006 3869 10012 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 259DEG 36KT 3856 9998 $$ RITTERLING
2 follow-up statements
594 WWUS53 KDDC 102031 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 331 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 KSC135-102045- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100510T2045Z/ NESS KS- 331 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NESS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 328 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNELL. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANSOM... BROWNELL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN NESS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3869 9961 3846 9959 3847 10006 3869 10012 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 260DEG 29KT 3859 9977 $$ RITTERLING
105 WWUS53 KDDC 102050 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 KSC135-102100- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100510T2045Z/ NESS KS- 350 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN NESS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3869 9961 3846 9959 3847 10006 3869 10012 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 260DEG 29KT 3859 9977 $$ RITTERLING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:41 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more | 15 hr |
| May 10, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 58 min |
| May 10, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 46 min |
| May 10, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 43 min |
| May 10, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 28 min |
| May 10, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 27 min |
| May 10, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 29 min |
| May 10, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 23 min |
| May 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 26 min |
| May 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 33 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.