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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2010Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2010, 9:12 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 25, 2010, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2010, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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°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.

857 
WFUS53 KDDC 260212
TORDDC
KSC195-260245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0028.100526T0212Z-100526T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CONFIRMED LARGE AND
  EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF TREGO CENTER. THIS
  TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO
  BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TREGO CENTER...OGALLAH AND CEDAR BLUFF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS CONFIRMED! TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3903 9969 3871 9968 3877 10010 3896 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 274DEG 33KT 3885 10006

$$

WRIGHT
1 follow-up statement
737 
WWUS53 KDDC 260229
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-260245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100526T0245Z/
TREGO KS-
929 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY UNTIL
945 PM CDT...

AT 930 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO TRACK A 
DANGEROUS TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TREGO CENTER. DOPPLER RADAR 
SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 910 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO MOVING 9 MILES SOUTH OF 
COLLYER. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TREGO CENTER...
  CEDAR BLUFF...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS CONFIRMED! TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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!

&&

LAT...LON 3903 9969 3871 9968 3877 10010 3896 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 274DEG 33KT 3884 9988

$$

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, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stanton45 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, 9:44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.