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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 22, 2010Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 6:43 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 6 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, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 7:07 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Shallow Water, KS
Apr 22, 7:07 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Shallow Water, KS
Apr 22, 7:09 PM CDTHAIL 0.88W Scott City, KS
Apr 22, 7:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 821 Wnw Shallow Water, KSFROM APRS WXNET.
Apr 22, 7:10 PM CDTTORNADO4 S Scott City, KSGRAIN BINS DAMAGED WITH TWO TOTALLY DESTROYED. BARN PARTIALLY COLLAPSED WITH PART OF ROOF TORN OFF. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN TO THE RESIDENCE.
Apr 22, 7:12 PM CDTHAIL 1.25W Scott City, KS

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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°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.

360 
WFUS53 KDDC 222343
TORDDC
KSC171-230015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.100422T2343Z-100423T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 639 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
  A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF SHALLOW WATER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS 
  TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO       
  BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10107 3854 10071 3827 10097 3828 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 194DEG 20KT 3836 10101

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
667 
WWUS53 KDDC 230005
SVSDDC

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

KSC171-230015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100423T0015Z/
SCOTT KS-
705 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...

AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SCOTT CITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHALLOW WATER...
  SCOTT CITY...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10107 3854 10071 3827 10097 3828 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 218DEG 24KT 3845 10093

$$

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, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott31 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny44 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott29 min
Apr 22, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny26 min

Nearby

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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.