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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2011Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 5:27 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
May 24, 2011, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTHAIL 4.25Timken, KSHAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND.
May 24, 5:36 PM CDTTORNADO3 Sw Shaffer, KSREPORT WAS FROM STORM CHASERS RELAYED FROM NWS WICHITA.
May 24, 5:37 PM CDTTORNADO4 Se Bison, KSTHIS TORNADO A REPORTED A POSSIBLE VERY LARGE AND RAIN WRAPPED. LOCATION ESTIMATED.

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
May 24, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1043 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 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 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
1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

488 
WFUS53 KDDC 242227
TORDDC
KSC051-165-242300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0010.110524T2227Z-110524T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
527 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
  A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIMKEN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
  TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DANGEROUS AND EXTREMELY
  DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BISON...SHAFFER...OTIS AND LORETTA.

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 9902 3842 9903 3836 9918 3848 9927
      3870 9927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 228DEG 13KT 3845 9913
HAIL 4.25IN

$$

AWJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark40 min
May 24, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott39 min
May 24, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott61 min
May 24, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott42 min
May 24, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott45 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego42 min
May 24, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness52 min
May 24, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis38 min
May 24, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego52 min
May 24, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego46 min
May 24, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis30 min
May 24, 7:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush40 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens42 min
May 24, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens45 min
May 24, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens37 min
May 24, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton39 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell43 min
May 24, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant, Haskell45 min
May 24, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell40 min
May 24, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens50 min
May 24, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stevens32 min
May 24, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray47 min
May 24, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray46 min
May 24, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray41 min
May 24, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton50 min
May 24, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber46 min
May 24, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane43 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness27 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness21 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt29 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford39 min
May 24, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness31 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush44 min
May 24, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush39 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott50 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford32 min
May 24, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush44 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford24 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush, Trego28 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush22 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush51 min
May 24, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush15 min
May 24, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush16 min
May 24, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford32 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa3 hr
May 24, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush24 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush20 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee18 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.