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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 22, 2010Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 22, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 00:00Z on 2010-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 966 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 00:00Z on 2010-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
12.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

266 
WFUS53 KDDC 230015
TORDDC
KSC171-230100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0009.100423T0015Z-100423T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
715 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 800 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 65 MPH WINDS     
  IN SHALLOW WATER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM         
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUINDERSTORM HAS A LONG   
  HISTORY OF TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTT CITY...GRIGSTON...MANNING AND SCOTT STATE LAKE.

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 3870 10070 3840 10069 3830 10090 3837 10107
      3870 10095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 219DEG 19KT 3843 10089

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
236 
WWUS53 KDDC 230037
SVSDDC

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

KSC171-230100-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100423T0100Z/
SCOTT KS-
737 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MANNING. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANNING...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN 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 3870 10070 3846 10070 3842 10085 3852 10093
      3870 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 212DEG 41KT 3859 10079

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott46 min
Apr 22, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane28 min
Apr 22, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade52 min
Apr 22, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney22 min
Apr 22, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott40 min
Apr 22, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche51 min
Apr 22, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa18 min
Apr 22, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego19 min
Apr 23, 12:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane12 hr
Apr 23, 1:33 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 16 more5 hr
Apr 23, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney44 min
Apr 23, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.