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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 20, 2010Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2010, 3:47 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 20, 2010, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2010, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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
Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2010-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1555 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2010-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

605 
WFUS53 KDDC 202047
TORDDC
KSC171-202115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0033.100620T2047Z-100620T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
347 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 341 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MODOC. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING
  NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTT STATE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

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 3869 10080 3856 10086 3855 10113 3869 10113
      3870 10112 3870 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 194DEG 21KT 3862 10104

$$

JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
451 
WWUS53 KDDC 202104
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

KSC171-202115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-100620T2115Z/
SCOTT KS-
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SCOTT STATE LAKE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTT STATE LAKE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SCOTT 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 10080 3856 10086 3855 10113 3869 10113
      3870 10112 3870 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 195DEG 14KT 3865 10103

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott43 min
Jun 20, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott38 min
Jun 20, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton41 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott31 min
Jun 20, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott61 min
Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott65 min
Jun 20, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott64 min
Jun 20, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego51 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott47 min
Jun 20, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis47 min

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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.