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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2010Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 25, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 25, 8:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 Ssw The Saunders Elev, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 00:00Z on 2010-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1417 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2010-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

331 
WFUS53 KDDC 260100
TORDDC
KSC129-187-260145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0025.100526T0100Z-100526T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 659 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARTLETT...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS
  ELEVATOR. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL UP
  TO BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR.

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 3758 10205 3762 10191 3755 10189 3737 10188
      3734 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 244DEG 11KT 3739 10207

$$

WRIGHT
1 follow-up statement
797 
WWUS53 KDDC 260127
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

KSC129-187-260145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-100526T0145Z/
STANTON KS-MORTON KS-
827 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 822 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED 
TO REPORT ROTATION WITHIN A WALL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE 
SAUNDERS ELEVATOR. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR 
SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY LARGE 
HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STANTON
  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 3758 10205 3762 10191 3755 10189 3737 10188
      3734 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 244DEG 11KT 3742 10198

$$

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stanton43 min
May 25, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney39 min
May 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney49 min
May 25, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott50 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney47 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton47 min
May 25, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego25 min
May 25, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stanton26 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego33 min
May 25, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego31 min
May 25, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego35 min
May 25, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego44 min
May 25, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis47 min
May 25, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush31 min
May 25, 11:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Rush4 hr
May 26, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa40 min
May 26, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell49 min
May 26, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward38 min
May 26, 8:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCSeward6 hr
May 26, 9:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCSeward6 hr
May 26, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryDDCTrego23 hr
May 26, 10:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCMeade, Seward6 hr
May 26, 1:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDDCMeade14 hr

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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.