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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 22, 2010Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 5:44 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 5:55 PM CDTHAIL 113 Wsw Friend, KS
Apr 22, 6:06 PM CDTHAIL 213 Wsw Friend, KS
Apr 22, 6:11 PM CDTTORNADO10 Wsw Friend, KS
Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDTTORNADO9 Ssw Friend, KSSTOVEPIPE TORNADO.
Apr 22, 6:22 PM CDTTORNADO8 W Friend, KSLARGE TORNADO WITH POSSIBLE SATELLITE TORNADO.

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, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

947 
WFUS53 KDDC 222244
TORDDC
KSC055-093-171-222315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0005.100422T2244Z-100422T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
  A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEERFIELD. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
  TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO   
  BASEBALL SIZE HAS ALSO OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRIEND.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10121 3826 10112 3839 10112 3825 10079
      3800 10111 3810 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 214DEG 33KT 3814 10113

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
777 
WWUS53 KDDC 222308
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-093-171-222315-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100422T2315Z/
SCOTT KS-KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
608 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...

AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES 
AND VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...WAS LOCATED 11 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF FRIEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRIEND...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...TORNADOES HAVE BEEN 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10121 3826 10112 3839 10112 3825 10079
      3800 10111 3810 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 221DEG 24KT 3819 10108

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton58 min
Apr 22, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 min
Apr 22, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade40 min
Apr 22, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny40 min
Apr 22, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton48 min
Apr 22, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton44 min
Apr 22, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton35 min
Apr 22, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens29 min
Apr 22, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny31 min
Apr 22, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens41 min
Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny46 min
Apr 22, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton49 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny44 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott29 min
Apr 22, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott32 min
Apr 22, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.