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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 12, 2004Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2004, 7:14 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
May 12, 2004, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4023 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
18.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

529 
WFUS53 KDDC 130014
TORDDC
KSC007-130045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
714 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 711 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  SHARON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN BARBER COUNTY AT 730 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3702 9879 3701 9837 3736 9837 3733 9860

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford63 min
May 12, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt40 min
May 12, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt39 min
May 12, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche49 min
May 12, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber45 min
May 12, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt48 min
May 13, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford41 min
May 13, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber31 min
May 13, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt29 min
May 13, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt18 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.