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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 6, 2011Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny23 min
Oct 7, 1:05 AM MDTWind AdvisoryDDCClark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant and 13 more2 hr
Oct 7, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny41 min
Oct 7, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney38 min
Oct 7, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens46 min
Oct 7, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott32 min
Oct 7, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny46 min
Oct 7, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens47 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.