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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 4:17 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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.
| 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
768 WFUS53 KDDC 142117 TORDDC KSC047-145-185-142145- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0020.120414T2117Z-120414T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 417 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... WEST CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF MACKSVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DILLWYN AND ST. JOHN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY. && LAT...LON 3819 9891 3802 9867 3790 9903 3798 9913 TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 231DEG 43KT 3798 9900 HAIL 1.75IN $$ FINCH
1 follow-up statement
279 WWUS53 KDDC 142129 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 429 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC047-142138- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120414T2145Z/ EDWARDS KS- 429 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3819 9891 3805 9874 3797 9894 3803 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 231DEG 43KT 3806 9888 $$ KSC145-185-142145- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120414T2145Z/ STAFFORD KS-PAWNEE KS- 429 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND WEST CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 425 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF SEWARD. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3819 9891 3805 9874 3797 9894 3803 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 231DEG 43KT 3806 9888 HAIL 1.75IN $$ FINCH
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, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.