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Dodge City, Kansas — — 201 mph (323 km/h) While a Doppler on Wheels was observing the tornado, it documented winds of 40 m/s (89 mph; 140 km/h), which increased to at least 90 m/s (200 mph; 320 km/h) over a span of 21 seconds. These winds lasted less than one minute. [41] EF2 May 20, 2019: Mangum, Oklahoma — — 122.7 mph (197.5 km/h)
The most prolific day was May 24 when 44 tornadoes touched down with at least 12 of them spawned by an intense, long-tracked supercell near Dodge City, Kansas. The strongest tornado from this outbreak was a violent EF4 tornado on May 25 that caused severe damage near Solomon , Abilene , and Chapman, Kansas , injuring eight.
Dodge City is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. [6] [7] It was named after nearby Fort Dodge, which was named in honor of Grenville Dodge.
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft Weather (WF44) radar dish University of Oklahoma OU-PRIME C-band, polarimetric, weather radar during construction. Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.).
In the event that the office becomes temporarily unable to perform its duties, NWS Wichita's primary backup office (the office that would take over until NWS Wichita was able to resume service) is the National Weather Service office in Topeka, Kansas, with the secondary backup office being the National Weather Service office in Dodge City, Kansas.
A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. [1] It does this by bouncing a microwave signal off a desired target and analyzing how the object's motion has altered the frequency of the returned signal.
Boot Hill Museum is an American historical museum located in Dodge City, Kansas. [1] A non-profit entity, the mission of the museum is to preserve the history of the Old West with emphasis on Dodge City. There are over 20,000 artifacts in the complex, including more than 200 original guns.