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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2011, 8:05 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 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
- Aug 7, 2011, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2011, 8:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
169 WFUS53 KDDC 080105 TORDDC KSC047-145-080130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0021.110808T0105Z-110808T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 805 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINSLEY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. 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 3808 9932 3802 9913 3795 9937 3800 9940 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 241DEG 17KT 3800 9934 HAIL <.50IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
409 WWUS53 KDDC 080116 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 816 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 KSC047-145-080126- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110808T0130Z/ PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS- 816 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3808 9932 3802 9913 3795 9937 3800 9940 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 241DEG 17KT 3802 9928 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 51 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.