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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 4:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Sun City, KS | THE HAIL SMASHED THOUGH THE SKYLIGHT OF THE SPOTTERS HOME. |
| Apr 14, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Wnw Sun City, KS | |
| Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Sawyer, KS | |
| Apr 14, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Wnw Sawyer, KS | |
| Apr 14, 4:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Sawyer, KS | |
| Apr 14, 4:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | Nw Sawyer, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
126 WFUS53 KDDC 142111 TORDDC KSC007-033-097-151-142145- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0018.120414T2111Z-120414T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 411 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMORE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELVIDERE...SUN CITY...CROFT...LAKE CITY...COATS...CULLISON AND SAWYER. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3770 9893 3752 9850 3719 9900 3728 9919 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 226DEG 50KT 3731 9900 HAIL 2.75IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
839 WWUS53 KDDC 142132 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 432 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC033-097-142140- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120414T2145Z/ KIOWA KS-COMANCHE KS- 432 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3729 9900 3765 9882 3752 9850 3719 9900 TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 236DEG 59KT 3742 9873 $$ KSC007-151-142145- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120414T2145Z/ PRATT KS-BARBER KS- 432 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTH CENTRAL PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE CITY... SAWYER... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTIES. THE ROTATION HAS INTENSIFIED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THIS STORM, AND A TORNADO IS LIKELY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAWYER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3729 9900 3765 9882 3752 9850 3719 9900 TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 236DEG 59KT 3742 9873 HAIL 2.75IN $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:47 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 11:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 12:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Rush | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 1:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 11 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 31 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.