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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
451
WWUS53 KDDC 202104
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010
KSC171-202115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-100620T2115Z/
SCOTT KS-
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SCOTT STATE LAKE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT STATE LAKE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10080 3856 10086 3855 10113 3869 10113
3870 10112 3870 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 195DEG 14KT 3865 10103
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 47 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.