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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2011, 9:08 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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 7, 2011, 9:08 PM MDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 9:23 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 5:33 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
642 WFUS53 KDDC 080308 TORDDC KSC075-187-080345- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0026.111008T0308Z-111008T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 908 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 945 PM MDT/1045 PM CDT/ * AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN STANTON AND SOUTHWESTERN 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 3792 10205 3807 10203 3783 10183 3751 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 220DEG 53KT 3764 10195 HAIL <.50IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
900 WWUS53 KDDC 080323 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1023 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 KSC075-187-080333- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-111008T0345Z/ STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS- 923 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3792 10205 3807 10203 3783 10183 3751 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 220DEG 53KT 3781 10177 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 46 min |
| Oct 7, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 53 min |
| Oct 7, 8:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 9:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 39 min |
| Oct 7, 9:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 10:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny, Scott | 37 min |
| Oct 7, 10:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 55 min |
| Oct 7, 11:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 11:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 18 min |
| Oct 8, 3:42 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Meade | 48 min |
| Oct 8, 4:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 48 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.