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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2011Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 6:06 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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
May 24, 6:14 PM CDTHAIL 0.884 E Rozel, KS
May 24, 6:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGS La Crosse, KSA ROOF WAS BLOWN FROM A BUILDING AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN LACROSSE.
May 24, 6:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 S La Crosse, KSHIGH WINDS PRODUCED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE, BLEW DOWN SIGNS AND ELEVEN POWER POLES BETWEEN LACROSSE AND RUSH CENTER.
May 24, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.759 Sse La Crosse, KS
May 24, 6:36 PM CDTHAIL 1.759 Sse La Crosse, 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
May 24, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

764 
WFUS53 KDDC 242306
TORDDC
KSC145-165-242330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0014.110524T2306Z-110524T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
  A TORNADO NEAR ROZEL. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM
  MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSH CENTER...NEKOMA...LA CROSSE AND HARGRAVE.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3863 9950 3862 9919 3812 9927 3813 9950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 183DEG 42KT 3822 9938
HAIL <.50IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
339 
WWUS53 KDDC 242322
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-165-242330-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110524T2330Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PAWNEE AND CENTRAL
RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SANFORD. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3863 9950 3862 9919 3812 9927 3813 9950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 229DEG 26KT 3822 9924
HAIL <.50IN

$$

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258 
WWUS53 KDDC 242329
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-165-242338-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110524T2330Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
629 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PAWNEE AND CENTRAL RUSH COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3863 9950 3862 9919 3812 9927 3813 9950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 229DEG 26KT 3825 9920

$$

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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, 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, 6:33 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.