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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 2012Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 831 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 509 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
831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
470 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

290 
WFUS53 KDDC 142150
TORDDC
KSC007-033-142215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0024.120414T2150Z-120414T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
450 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTH OF AETNA. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER IS ALSO EXPECTED
  WITH THIS STORM. HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE  
  WITH THIS STORM. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AETNA...HARDTNER...MEDICINE LODGE...SHARON AND HAZELTON.

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 3699 9861 3699 9909 3700 9909 3742 9865
      3728 9834 3711 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 226DEG 48KT 3698 9895
HAIL 2.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 9:47 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more21 hr
Apr 14, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess37 min
Apr 14, 10:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush50 min
Apr 14, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego47 min
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney47 min
Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Lane, Scott34 min
Apr 14, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman37 min
Apr 14, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush41 min
Apr 14, 11:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego52 min
Apr 14, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego42 min
Apr 14, 11:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush44 min
Apr 14, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego44 min
Apr 14, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward47 min
Apr 14, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush40 min
Apr 14, 12:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCRush5 hr
Apr 14, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade39 min
Apr 14, 1:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego11 hr
Apr 14, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade44 min
Apr 14, 1:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade34 min
Apr 14, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman27 min
Apr 14, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee29 min
Apr 14, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa42 min
Apr 14, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush35 min
Apr 14, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush27 min
Apr 14, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa38 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa32 min
Apr 14, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche50 min
Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush32 min
Apr 14, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa23 min
Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford49 min
Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche34 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa33 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche33 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford28 min
Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford40 min
Apr 14, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCRush17 min
Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt34 min
Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford30 min
Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford28 min
Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford25 min
Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford31 min
Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt31 min
Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt25 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa25 min
Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt34 min
Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt28 min
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford31 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.