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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2011, 7:39 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 6, 2011, 7:39 PM MDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 8:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158 WFUS53 KDDC 070139 TORDDC KSC075-093-070215- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0024.111007T0139Z-111007T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 739 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/ * AT 735 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHWESTERN KEARNY AND NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON 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 3826 10178 3826 10142 3796 10176 3806 10189 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 220DEG 24KT 3808 10175 HAIL 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
281 WWUS53 KDDC 070148 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 848 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 KSC075-093-070215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-111007T0215Z/ KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS- 748 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/... AT 744 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3805 10167 3813 10185 3826 10178 3826 10142 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 218DEG 50KT 3819 10166 HAIL 1.00IN $$ RUSSELL
627 WWUS53 KDDC 070205 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 905 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 KSC075-093-070214- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-111007T0215Z/ KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS- 805 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3805 10167 3813 10185 3826 10178 3826 10142 TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 218DEG 50KT 3837 10149 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 23 min |
| Oct 7, 1:05 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 41 min |
| Oct 7, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 46 min |
| Oct 7, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 46 min |
| Oct 7, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 47 min |
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.