Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 6:16 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2010, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 6:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 W Friend, KS | LARGE TORNADO WITH POSSIBLE SATELLITE TORNADO. |
| Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 W Friend, KS | WEDGE TORNADO. |
| Apr 22, 6:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Wsw Shallow Water, KS | STORM CHASER REPORTED RAIN WRAPPED WEDGE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809
WFUS53 KDDC 222316
TORDDC
KSC055-093-171-222345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0006.100422T2316Z-100422T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
616 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...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 614 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF FRIEND. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHALLOW WATER...MODOC...SCOTT CITY AND MANNING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 10071 3814 10102 3820 10123 3826 10121
3826 10112 3846 10113 3861 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 197DEG 36KT 3829 10107
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
722
WWUS53 KDDC 222329
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
629 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
KSC093-222335-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100422T2345Z/
KEARNY KS-
629 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3854 10071 3817 10100 3822 10110 3827 10110
3827 10112 3846 10113 3861 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 204DEG 16KT 3828 10105
$$
KSC055-171-222345-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100422T2345Z/
SCOTT KS-FINNEY KS-
629 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A
LARGE TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF FRIEND. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF VERY LARGE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHALLOW WATER...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SCOTT 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 10071 3817 10100 3822 10110 3827 10110
3827 10112 3846 10113 3861 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 204DEG 16KT 3828 10105
$$
RUSSELL361
WWUS53 KDDC 222339
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
639 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
KSC055-222349-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100422T2345Z/
FINNEY KS-
639 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3854 10071 3827 10097 3827 10106 3827 10112
3846 10113 3861 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 203DEG 19KT 3833 10102
$$
KSC171-222345-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100422T2345Z/
SCOTT KS-
639 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FRIEND NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHALLOW WATER...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SCOTT COUNTY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 10071 3827 10097 3827 10106 3827 10112
3846 10113 3861 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 203DEG 19KT 3833 10102
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 26 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.