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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2010Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2010, 10:10 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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 25, 2010, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2010, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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
May 25, 10:22 PM CDTTORNADO3 S Ellis, KSTORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE ELLIS BLACKTOP AND AIRBASE ROAD.
May 25, 10:22 PM CDTTORNADO9 E Cedar Bluff, KSTORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE ELLIS BLACKTOP AND ANTONINO ROAD.
May 25, 10:32 PM CDTTORNADO6 W Hays, KS
May 25, 10:40 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nw Antonino, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

862 
WFUS53 KDDC 260310
TORDDC
KSC051-195-260345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0030.100526T0310Z-100526T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1010 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF ELLIS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.    
  VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT      
  LINE WINDS UP TO 80 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLIS...YOCEMENTO...ANTONINO...HAYS...TOULON AND MUNJOR.

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.

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 3901 9923 3874 9923 3876 9963 3900 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 269DEG 21KT 3887 9957

$$

WRIGHT
1 follow-up statement
557 
WWUS53 KDDC 260329
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1029 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

KSC051-195-260345-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-100526T0345Z/
TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-
1029 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ELLIS AND EAST
CENTRAL TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1022 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES 
EAST OF CEDAR BLUFF. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING 
EAST AT 25 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 80 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLIS...
  YOCEMENTO...
  ANTONINO...
  HAYS...
  TOULON...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ELLIS AND EASTERN TREGO COUNTIES.

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!

&&

LAT...LON 3901 9923 3874 9923 3876 9963 3900 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 269DEG 21KT 3887 9944

$$

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, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego33 min
May 25, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego31 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.