Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2010, 9:42 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 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
- May 16, 2010, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2010, 9:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115
WFUS53 KDDC 170242
TORDDC
KSC151-170315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0018.100517T0242Z-100517T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
942 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 938 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PRESTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAIRO.
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.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3751 9846 3774 9864 3782 9849 3782 9847
3781 9845 3752 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 324DEG 26KT 3771 9847
$$
121 follow-up statement
695
WWUS53 KDDC 170255
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
955 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010
KSC151-170305-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-100517T0315Z/
PRATT KS-
955 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.
LAT...LON 3751 9846 3774 9864 3782 9849 3782 9847
3781 9845 3752 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 323DEG 27KT 3767 9842
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 60 min |
| May 16, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 64 min |
| May 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 45 min |
| May 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 50 min |
| May 16, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 47 min |
| May 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 46 min |
| May 16, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 27 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.