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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2011Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 5:58 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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
May 24, 2011, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 6:14 PM CDT
In force
16 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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
May 24, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

571 
WFUS53 KDDC 242258
TORDDC
KSC051-165-242345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.110524T2258Z-110524T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES
  WEST OF OTIS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
  DANGEROUS AND EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE IS
  ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORETTA AND PFEIFER.

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 3880 9903 3870 9904 3869 9902 3844 9903
      3852 9921 3879 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 205DEG 30KT 3858 9909
HAIL 4.25IN

$$

AWJ
1 follow-up statement
169 
WWUS53 KDDC 242314
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC051-165-242324-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110524T2345Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
614 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3880 9903 3870 9904 3869 9902 3844 9903
      3852 9921 3879 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 205DEG 30KT 3869 9898

$$

SUGDEN

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, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.