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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 5:12 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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 30, 2012, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 5:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 30, 5:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nne Cimarron, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035 WFUS53 KDDC 302212 TORDDC KSC057-069-083-302245- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0034.120430T2212Z-120430T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 512 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CIMARRON. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GRAY...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES. 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 3799 10017 3786 10011 3779 10041 3792 10044 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 249DEG 21KT 3784 10035 HAIL 2.50IN $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
503 WWUS53 KDDC 302223 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 523 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSC057-069-083-302245- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120430T2245Z/ HODGEMAN KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS- 523 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD... NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 519 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED STRONG ROTATION NORTH OF CIMARRON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN GRAY...NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3799 10017 3786 10011 3784 10030 3789 10034 TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 249DEG 21KT 3786 10027 HAIL 2.50IN $$ SUGDEN
612 WWUS53 KDDC 302233 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 533 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSC057-069-083-302243- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120430T2245Z/ HODGEMAN KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS- 533 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA... HOWEVER TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3799 10017 3786 10011 3784 10030 3789 10034 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 249DEG 21KT 3787 10020 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 32 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.