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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 2023, 5:44 PM CST for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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
- Feb 26, 2023, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
720
WFUS53 KDDC 262344
TORDDC
KSC057-069-083-270000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0005.230226T2344Z-230227T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
544 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
South central Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
East central Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 600 PM CST.
* At 543 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located very near Howell, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Dodge City around 555 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 10022 3777 10027 3803 10003 3781 9984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 234DEG 42KT 3777 10021
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
HOVORKA1 follow-up statement
090
WWUS53 KDDC 262346
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
546 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023
KSC069-262356-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-230227T0000Z/
Gray KS-
546 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3776 10017 3780 10022 3781 10021 3803 10003
3786 9988 3780 10003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 234DEG 42KT 3779 10017
$$
KSC057-083-270000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-230227T0000Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
546 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
At 546 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located very near Howell, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Ford and south central Hodgeman Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3776 10017 3780 10022 3781 10021 3803 10003
3786 9988 3780 10003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 234DEG 42KT 3779 10017
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 3:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 25 min |
| Feb 26, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 42 min |
| Feb 26, 4:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 25 min |
| Feb 26, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 27 min |
| Feb 26, 5:02 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 52 min |
| Feb 26, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 17 min |
| Feb 26, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 12 min |
| Feb 26, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 19 min |
| Feb 26, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 13 min |
| Feb 26, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 10 min |
| Feb 26, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 49 min |
| Feb 26, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 10 min |
| Feb 26, 5:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 9 min |
| Feb 26, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 23 min |
| Feb 26, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 3 more | 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.