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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:00 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 9:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 15 min |
| Oct 7, 9:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.