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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 2023, 5:51 PM CST for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 9 min. 3 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
- Feb 26, 2023, 5:51 PM CST (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 6:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 N Jetmore, KS | PHOTOS OF THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE. |
| Feb 26, 6:05 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 95 | 1 Nnw Jetmore, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 1 NNW JETMORE. FROM THE KANSAS MESONET STATION KJTK1 (HODGEMAN). THIS IS A 10 METER WIND GUST OBSERVATION. |
| Feb 26, 6:05 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 95 | 1 Nnw Jetmore, KS | FROM THE KANSAS MESONET STATION JTMK1 (HODGEMAN). THIS IS A 10 METER WIND GUST OBSERVATION. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 41 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.
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WFUS53 KDDC 262351
TORDDC
KSC083-270000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.230226T2351Z-230227T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
551 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 600 PM CST.
* At 551 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Kalvesta, moving northeast at 60 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...
Jetmore around 600 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 3811 9979 3801 10016 3806 10020 3826 9994
3826 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 237DEG 52KT 3807 10012
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, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 16 min |
| Feb 26, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.