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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2011, 9:16 PM CDT for Ness County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 10:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 Ese Ash Valley, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
443 WFUS53 KDDC 100216 TORDDC KSC135-145-165-100300- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0023.110810T0216Z-110810T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 916 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEKOMA. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROZEL...ASH VALLEY AND SANFORD. 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 3830 9904 3812 9939 3845 9966 3857 9948 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 320DEG 33KT 3842 9948 HAIL 1.75IN $$ FINCH
1 follow-up statement
299 WWUS53 KDDC 100233 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 933 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011 KSC135-100243- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110810T0300Z/ NESS KS- 933 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3830 9904 3817 9931 3841 9944 3847 9935 TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 314DEG 35KT 3835 9932 $$ KSC145-165-100300- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110810T0300Z/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS- 933 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 929 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSH CENTER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASH VALLEY... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHERN RUSH 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 3830 9904 3817 9931 3841 9944 3847 9935 TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 314DEG 35KT 3835 9932 HAIL 1.75IN $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ellis | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 20 min |
| Aug 9, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 50 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.