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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2010Haskell County, Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2010, 2:28 PM CDT for Haskell County, Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
May 24, 2010, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 2:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Ssw Satanta, KS
May 24, 2:45 PM CDTHAIL 25 Sse Satanta, KSBROADCAST MEDIA RECEIVED A VIEWER PHOTO OF GOLFBALL TO TWO INCH DIAMETER AT THIS LOCATION

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 11:46 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2010-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1707 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2010-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

770 
WFUS53 KDDC 241928
TORDDC
KSC081-175-189-242000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0021.100524T1928Z-100524T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
228 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTH OF WOODS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SATANTA AND SUBLETTE.

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 3721 10115 3753 10104 3745 10066 3714 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 213DEG 30KT 3725 10107

$$

RITTERLING
2 follow-up statements
825 
WWUS53 KDDC 241949
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
249 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

KSC081-175-189-242000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100524T2000Z/
HASKELL KS-STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-
249 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD...
NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM
CDT...

AT 244 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION 
ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF SATANTA.  THE 
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF WALL CLOUDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SATANTA...
  SUBLETTE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS...NORTHWESTERN SEWARD
  AND SOUTHERN HASKELL 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 3726 10113 3753 10104 3745 10066 3721 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 214DEG 35KT 3740 10094

$$

RITTERLING
125 
WWUS53 KDDC 242003
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
303 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

KSC081-175-189-242013-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100524T2000Z/
HASKELL KS-STEVENS KS-SEWARD KS-
303 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS
AND SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HASKELL 
COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3726 10113 3753 10104 3745 10066 3721 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 214DEG 35KT 3741 10093

$$

RITTERLING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton39 min
May 23, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton52 min
May 24, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens49 min
May 24, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton26 min
May 24, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens47 min
May 24, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell31 min
May 24, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell35 min
May 24, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Lane26 min
May 24, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward51 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray42 min
May 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward46 min
May 24, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell24 min
May 24, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott35 min
May 24, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.