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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 9, 2011Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2011, 7:29 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
Aug 9, 2011, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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
Aug 9, 7:56 PM CDTHAIL 1.759 N Emmeram, KSTHE NORTH FACING WINDOWS OF THE HOUSE WERE KNOCKED OUT.
Aug 9, 7:56 PM CDTHAIL 1.759 N Emmeram, KS
Aug 9, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.7510 Nnw Emmeram, KS
Aug 9, 8:02 PM CDTHAIL 1.7510 Nnw Emmeram, 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
Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 548 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

185 
WFUS53 KDDC 100029
TORDDC
KSC051-100115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0022.110810T0029Z-110810T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 17 MILES
  WEST OF CODELL...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF ELLIS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
  BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YOCEMENTO...HAYS...CATHARINE AND EMMERAM.

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 3899 9903 3890 9911 3879 9942
      3914 9955 3914 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 318DEG 34KT 3919 9945
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
036 
WWUS53 KDDC 100047
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
747 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

KSC051-100115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110810T0115Z/
ELLIS KS-
747 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CODELL...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CATHARINE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL
SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EMMERAM...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN AND 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 3884 9933 3913 9950 3914 9905 3913 9903
      3899 9903 3890 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 318DEG 34KT 3907 9931
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis17 min
Aug 9, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess47 min
Aug 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego39 min
Aug 9, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade37 min
Aug 9, 8:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCEllis12 hr
Aug 9, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush45 min
Aug 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush45 min
Aug 9, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush44 min
Aug 9, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche51 min
Aug 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego45 min
Aug 9, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford36 min
Aug 9, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis43 min
Aug 9, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt29 min
Aug 9, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford48 min
Aug 9, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford25 min
Aug 9, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush20 min
Aug 9, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis48 min
Aug 9, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis30 min
Aug 10, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis60 min
Aug 10, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego47 min
Aug 10, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush, Trego28 min
Aug 10, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego50 min
Aug 10, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush50 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.