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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 7, 2011Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2011, 9:58 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
Oct 7, 2011, 9:58 PM MDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 7, 10:00 PM MDTHAIL 15 W Kendall, 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
Oct 7, 5:33 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2011-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 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 2011-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
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

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The text

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

581 
WFUS53 KDDC 080358
TORDDC
KSC075-093-080430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0027.111008T0358Z-111008T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1058 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT/1030 PM MDT/

* AT 954 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A       
  TORNADO WAS LOCALED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  KENDALL. DOPPLER RADAR   
  SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3825 10162 3826 10111 3775 10151 3774 10182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 217DEG 62KT 3794 10158
HAIL <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
300 
WWUS53 KDDC 080417
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1117 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSC075-093-080430-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-111008T0430Z/
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-
1117 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT/1030 PM MDT/...

AT 1113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF
KENDALL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KENDALL...
  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 3787 10142 3796 10164 3825 10162 3826 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 222DEG 45KT 3807 10148
HAIL <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL
797 
WWUS53 KDDC 080427
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1127 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSC075-080436-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-111008T0430Z/
HAMILTON KS-
1027 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3805 10128 3805 10154 3825 10154 3826 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 227DEG 49KT 3819 10133

$$

KSC093-080430-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-111008T0430Z/
KEARNY KS-
1127 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY
UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES IN 
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYDIA...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO 
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KEARNY 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 3805 10128 3805 10154 3825 10154 3826 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 227DEG 49KT 3819 10133
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton43 min
Oct 7, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny45 min
Oct 7, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton45 min
Oct 7, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott47 min
Oct 7, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton43 min
Oct 7, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny48 min
Oct 7, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott46 min
Oct 7, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton53 min
Oct 7, 8:39 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott36 min
Oct 7, 9:08 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton15 min
Oct 7, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton39 min
Oct 7, 10:38 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCKearny, Scott37 min
Oct 7, 10:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton55 min
Oct 7, 11:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens45 min
Oct 7, 11:12 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCScott18 min
Oct 8, 3:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell, Meade48 min
Oct 8, 4:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman48 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.