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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 2023, 6:04 PM CST for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 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
- Feb 26, 2023, 6:04 PM CST (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2023, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 6:05 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 62 | 7 Wnw Spearville, KS | MESONET STATION SPUK1 SPEARVILLE. |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 573 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 712 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
921
WFUS53 KDDC 270004
TORDDC
KSC057-083-270015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0009.230227T0004Z-230227T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
604 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 615 PM CST.
* At 603 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northwest of Spearville, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Ford and southeastern 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 3787 9992 3792 9996 3812 9968 3799 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 237DEG 52KT 3792 9989
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, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 10 min |
| Feb 26, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 51 min |
| Feb 26, 6:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 28 min |
| Feb 26, 6:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 27 min |
| Feb 26, 7:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 34 min |
| Feb 26, 7:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 29 min |
| Feb 26, 7:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 23 min |
| Feb 27, 3:19 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 9 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:45 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more | 29 hr |
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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.