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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 22, 2010Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 3:29 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
Apr 22, 2010, 3:29 PM MDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2010, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 3:40 PM MDTTORNADO7 Ese Kendall, KSTHE PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO WAS 1 MILE WIDE.
Apr 22, 4:00 PM MDTHAIL 2.755 W Lakin, KS
Apr 22, 4:10 PM MDTTORNADO2 Sw Lakin, 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
Apr 22, 12:30 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2010-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2010-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

564 
WFUS53 KDDC 222129
TORDDC
KSC075-093-222200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.100422T2129Z-100422T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
429 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT/400 PM MDT/

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KENDALL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKIN.

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 3825 10128 3779 10112 3773 10151 3773 10153
      3783 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 231DEG 43KT 3785 10144

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
777 
WWUS53 KDDC 222141
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
441 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

KSC075-222151-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100422T2200Z/
HAMILTON KS-
341 PM MDT THU APR 22 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3776 10147 3780 10150 3792 10153 3825 10128
      3779 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 227DEG 32KT 3791 10138

$$

KSC093-222200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100422T2200Z/
KEARNY KS-
441 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...

AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LAKIN. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKIN...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KEARNY 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3776 10147 3780 10150 3792 10153 3825 10128
      3779 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 227DEG 32KT 3791 10138

$$

RUSSELL
300 
WWUS53 KDDC 222151
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
451 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

KSC093-222200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100422T2200Z/
KEARNY KS-
451 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...

AT 448 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS PUBLIC 
REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED OF A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
TORNADO...ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF LAKIN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS 
TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKIN...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF KEARNY 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3776 10147 3780 10150 3792 10153 3825 10128
      3779 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 222DEG 29KT 3793 10134

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 12:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton58 min
Apr 22, 2:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 min
Apr 22, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade40 min
Apr 22, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny40 min
Apr 22, 1:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton48 min
Apr 22, 2:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton44 min
Apr 22, 2:55 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton35 min
Apr 22, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens29 min
Apr 22, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens41 min
Apr 22, 3:59 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCKearny46 min
Apr 22, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton49 min
Apr 22, 4:44 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott31 min
Apr 22, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny44 min
Apr 22, 5:16 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott29 min
Apr 22, 5:43 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCScott32 min
Apr 22, 5:49 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCKearny26 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.