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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2011Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 7:48 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 1, 2011, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.4

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The text

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

664 
WFUS53 KDDC 020048
TORDDC
KSC051-020115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0016.110602T0048Z-110602T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
748 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NATOMA...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF EMMERAM. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO
  EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ELLIS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9903 3904 9903 3903 9904 3912 9915
      3914 9913 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 289DEG 12KT 3913 9909
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

FINCH

1 follow-up statement

504 
WWUS53 KDDC 020106
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
806 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSC051-020115-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110602T0115Z/
ELLIS KS-
806 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3913 9903 3904 9903 3903 9904 3912 9915
      3914 9913 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 289DEG 12KT 3911 9902

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	46 min
Jun 1, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton	54 min
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stevens	60 min
Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	46 min
Jun 1, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	46 min
Jun 2, 4:04 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more	16 hr

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.