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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Ellis, KS | TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE ELLIS BLACKTOP AND AIRBASE ROAD. |
| May 25, 10:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 E Cedar Bluff, KS | TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE ELLIS BLACKTOP AND ANTONINO ROAD. |
| May 25, 10:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 W Hays, KS | |
| May 25, 10:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 43 min |
| May 25, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 39 min |
| May 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 49 min |
| May 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| May 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 47 min |
| May 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 47 min |
| May 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 25 min |
| May 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 26 min |
| May 25, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 31 min |
| May 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 44 min |
| May 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| May 25, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 4 hr |
| May 26, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 38 min |
| May 26, 8:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Seward | 6 hr |
| May 26, 9:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Seward | 6 hr |
| May 26, 10:03 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DDC | Trego | 23 hr |
| May 26, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Meade, Seward | 6 hr |
| May 26, 1:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Meade | 14 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.