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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 2012Clark County, Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 8:03 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 8:26 PM CDTHAIL 1.59 Nne Mullinville, KS
Apr 14, 8:35 PM CDTHAIL 2.52 Wnw Greensburg, KSHAIL WAS GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED.
Apr 14, 8:35 PM CDTTORNADO2 Wnw Greensburg, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2712 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2712 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.0
Supercell composite
30.6

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The text

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

169 
WFUS53 KDDC 150103
TORDDC
KSC025-057-097-150130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0028.120415T0103Z-120415T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES
  EAST OF CLARK STATE LAKE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUCKLIN AND MULLINVILLE.

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 3734 9983 3772 9961 3772 9922 3726 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 221DEG 47KT 3744 9965
HAIL <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
425 
WWUS53 KDDC 150124
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
824 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC025-057-150134-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120415T0130Z/
CLARK KS-FORD KS-
824 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3759 9937 3761 9952 3772 9952 3772 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 221DEG 56KT 3766 9942

$$

KSC097-150130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120415T0130Z/
KIOWA KS-
824 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MULLINVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.

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 3759 9937 3761 9952 3772 9952 3772 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 221DEG 56KT 3766 9942
HAIL <.50IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade38 min
Apr 14, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Meade38 min
Apr 14, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa47 min
Apr 14, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee42 min
Apr 14, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush41 min
Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford31 min
Apr 14, 8:52 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford23 min
Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford33 min
Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford20 min
Apr 14, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford19 min
Apr 14, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche48 min
Apr 14, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more39 min
Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford23 min
Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber52 min
Apr 15, 12:42 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber18 min
Apr 15, 3:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more15 hr
Apr 15, 3:50 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more17 hr

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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.