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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2011Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 5:06 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 4 reports 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: May 24, 2011, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nne Seward, KS	TWO FATALITIES OCCURRED WHEN A TORNADO BLEW A TREE ONTO A VAN TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 281.
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Nne Seward, KS	TWO FATALITIES OCCURRED WHEN A TORNADO BLEW A TREE ONTO A VAN TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 281.
May 24, 5:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 E Seward, KS
May 24, 5:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nne Seward, KS	MODERATE TO SEVERE TORNADO DAMAGE NORTH OF ST. JOHN ON US 281.

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
May 24, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

821 
WFUS53 KDDC 242206
TORDDC
KSC185-242230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0009.110524T2206Z-110524T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
506 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SEWARD. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40
  MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED
  WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3817 9885 3827 9887 3827 9861 3824 9861
      3819 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 174DEG 36KT 3827 9875
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

AWJ

1 follow-up statement

031 
WWUS53 KDDC 242222
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
522 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC185-242232-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110524T2230Z/
STAFFORD KS-
522 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 530 PM CDT/430 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3817 9885 3827 9887 3827 9861 3824 9861
      3819 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 174DEG 36KT 3843 9877

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	40 min
May 24, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	39 min
May 24, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	61 min
May 24, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	42 min
May 24, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	45 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	42 min
May 24, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	52 min
May 24, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	38 min
May 24, 6:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	52 min
May 24, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	46 min
May 24, 6:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	30 min
May 24, 7:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	40 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	42 min
May 24, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	45 min
May 24, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	37 min
May 24, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	39 min
May 24, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	43 min
May 24, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	45 min
May 24, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	40 min
May 24, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	50 min
May 24, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stevens	32 min
May 24, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	47 min
May 24, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	46 min
May 24, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	41 min
May 24, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	50 min
May 24, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	46 min
May 24, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	43 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	27 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	21 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	29 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	39 min
May 24, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	31 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	44 min
May 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	39 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	50 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	32 min
May 24, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	44 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush, Trego	28 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	33 min
May 24, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	22 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	51 min
May 24, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	15 min
May 24, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	16 min
May 24, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	32 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	3 hr
May 24, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	24 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	20 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee	18 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.