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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:14 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 E Rozel, KS | |
| May 24, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | S La Crosse, KS | A ROOF WAS BLOWN FROM A BUILDING AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN LACROSSE. |
| May 24, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S La Crosse, KS | HIGH WINDS PRODUCED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE, BLEW DOWN SIGNS AND ELEVEN POWER POLES BETWEEN LACROSSE AND RUSH CENTER. |
| May 24, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Sse La Crosse, KS | |
| May 24, 6:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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 $$ 01
2 follow-up statements
339 WWUS53 KDDC 242322 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 622 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 KSC145-165-242330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110524T2330Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS- 622 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PAWNEE AND CENTRAL RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANFORD. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3863 9950 3862 9919 3812 9927 3813 9950 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 229DEG 26KT 3822 9924 HAIL <.50IN $$ 01
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 $$ 01
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 40 min |
| May 24, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 39 min |
| May 24, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 61 min |
| May 24, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 52 min |
| May 24, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| May 24, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 40 min |
| May 24, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 37 min |
| May 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 39 min |
| May 24, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 43 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 40 min |
| May 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stevens | 32 min |
| May 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 21 min |
| May 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 24 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush, Trego | 28 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 22 min |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 15 min |
| May 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 16 min |
| May 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 20 min |
| May 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 18 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.