Historical Tornado Cases for Dodge City 

Warning Area
Event Details SFC LI      
SBCAPE      		 850mb 700mb 500mb (400) jet level  Skew T  Affected States Pictures Surface obs
06-08-41 2130Z X X X X XX XX KS CO  XX XX
04-09-44 2130Z X X X X XX X OK KS XX XX
05-29-46 2130Z X X X X XX XX KS XX XX
04-09-47 15Z     18Z  21Z     00Z   03Z -8 to 11 X X 03Z 10 X X OK TX\ KS X X
06-21-48 2230Z 03Z    15Z   03Z 22 OK KS
05-20-49 1930Z   2130Z -10 to -13 X X 03Z    15Z   03Z X X CO OK KS NE TX X GAG DDC LAR
10-09-49 1930Z     00Z -8 X X 15      3Z  15Z X X OK KS NE X X
05-04-50 1930
2230     0130
330        6      9    13     19		 -11 TX X X 03Z     15Z X X TX OK KS X X
05-14-51 2130Z -7 X X 15Z     03Z X XX KS X X
05-20-51
06-06-51 21Z -12
4200		 X X 15Z       03Z X XX TX OK KS X X
06-27-51 2330Z -9 X 03Z     15Z
X KS X X
06-04-55 2130Z -10 to-11 X 15Z 15Z     03Z 15Z X KS NE X X
06-17-55 1730Z -10 X 15Z 03Z     15Z   03Z 15Z X TX OK KS X X
04-02-56
10-29-56 22Z -7 to -8 X 15Z 15Z      03Z 15Z X NE KS X X
06-12-58
07-13-58
05-28-59
05-29-59
05-17-62 21Z -7 to -8 X 00Z 12Z    00Z 00Z X NM OK KS CO X X
06-16-62 00Z -7 X 00Z 12Z 16        00Z 17 00Z X KS X X
11-21-63 23Z -6 X 12Z     00Z    12Z 00Z X KS X X
04-19-64 22Z -10 to-11 X 00Z 12Z    00Z 00Z X KS X X
05-05-64 21Z -11 X 00Z  12Z 05       00Z 06 00Z X MN  to OK X X
11-14-64 22Z -6 to -7 X 00Z  12Z 15       00Z 15 00Z X KS OK X X
05-25-65 21Z -7 to -8 X 00Z 12Z    00Z 00Z X OK TX NE KS PrattTOR X
06-10-67 21Z X 00Z 12Z    00Z 00Z X OK CO KS X X
06-23-67 22Z -8 to -11 X 00Z 12Z 23
00Z 24		 00Z 00Z KS X X
04-21-68 20Z -7 X 00Z  12Z       00Z 00Z X KS OK X X
05-13-68 19Z -10 X 00Z 12Z    00Z 00Z X KS OK NE Gov1 Gov2 X
06-24-69 00Z 00Z 12Z       00Z 00Z NE KS WY
06-13-70 21Z -10 X 0Z 12Z    0Z 14 00Z X KS X X
06-15-70 23Z 0Z 12Z      00Z 0Z KS SD
05-17-71 18Z     0Z -8 to -9 X 00Z  12Z       00Z 00Z X KS X X
10-17-71 23Z X 00Z 12Z       00Z
 12Z		 00Z X TX CO KS X X
04-30-72 21Z -10 to -12 X 00Z  12Z        
00Z 01		 00Z X KS X X
05-09-72
05-22-72
09-25-73 21Z    -10 X 00Z 00Z 26 00Z X KS NE X X
11-19-73 00Z 20 -9 X 0Z 12Z      0Z  12Z 20 00Z X KS OK X X
04-17-76 00Z     07Z -6 to -7 X 00Z 12Z      00Z 12Z 00Z X KS OK TX X X
06-23-76
05-18-77 18Z -11 to -12 X 00Z 12Z    00Z 00Z X CO OK  KS X X
08-28-79 21Z -8 to -9 X
12Z     00Z X KS X X
03-18-82 00Z -6 X 0Z 19 12Z 18
0Z 19   06Z
12Z 19		 00Z approx. TX OK KS X X
05-10-85 21Z -9 X 00Z 00Z 11 00Z X KS NE XTors X
05-03-87 21Z -8 to -10 X 00Z 12Z       00Z 00Z X KS X X
05-02-88
06-06-89 21Z indeterm.
 X 00Z 12Z       00Z 00Z X KS TX X X
04-25-90 19Z -7 X 00Z 12Z
00Z 26		 00Z X KS TX XEllis X
05-15-91 00Z -9 X 00Z 12Z      00Z 00Z X TX  OK KS X X
05-16-91
05-05-93 21Z X 00Z 12Z     00Z 00Z NE TX KS OK X1     2 X
04-09-94 21Z X
12Z     00Z X KS X X
05-15-95
05-16-95
07-25-95 22Z 00Z 00Z 00Z KS
05-26-96 20Z X
12Z     00Z X KS OK X X
05-31-96 18Z
10-16-98 21Z X 00Z 12Z      00Z 00Z DDC KS NE X X
05-31-99 22Z
04-14-01 21Z
05-05-02
05-07-02
05-15-03
03-27-04
05-12-04 23Z
05-11-05
06-09-05
02-23-07
03-29-07
04-23-07 22Z 00Z
05-04-07
05-22-08
05-23-08
04-18-09
04-30-09
06-15-09
04-22-10

Special Tornado Cases for Southwest Kansas
Jonathan D. Finch  



             
Jun 08  1941    Outflow boundary and strong wave approaching
                        low DPD, backed winds and high CAPE
Apr 09  1947    famous Woodward event and Ford county tornado
                                frontogenesis
   
May 20  1949    "army of tornadoes"
                            warm sector tornado outbreak with fairly low DPD

May 04  1950     snow and tornadoes in Kansas
                            very strong flow at all levels
                            bombogenesis

Apr 19  1964     double front structure
                            backed winds and low DPD

May 25  1965    strong flow and coupled jet

Jun 23  1967       intersection of front and outflow boundary and low DPD, south of jet core

May 13  1968     north of front with wave approaching and low DPD, coupled jet ?

Jun 24  1969     dryline/front intersection and low DPD, TD lower 70s and jet streak exit region

Jun 13  1970     Case of rapidly rising heights--well east of upper cooling
   
Jun 15  1970     Exit region of jet streak and dryline with low 70s dewpoints

May 17  1971    tornadoes with north winds(cold 700mb) and low DPD, left exit ?

April 30  1972    left exit region

Apr 17  1976     Dryline look-alike---nocturnal F4 tornado

May 18  1977     Coupled jet ??

May 10  1985     Middle of H7 warm plume, left exit region of jet

May 03  1987    Upper low

Jun 06  1989     dryline storm intersects OB, 100 kt jet to south

May 05  1993      dryline storm with meridional flow
                            outflow boundary from north Texas MCS??

Apr 09  1994     double front structure--tornado in fog

Oct 16  1998     H5 cold adv. over the dryline, outflow bdry. from previous storm, left exit


43 cases

Boundary Type--main culprit

DL and WF cases    3
DL                            16
WF                           16
CF                            4
OB                            1
OB/DL int                2
WF/DL int               7
ST                             3
OB/front                  1
Far N of fnt              2
UL                            1