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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 6:20 PM CDT for Edwards County, Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 17 Ese Jetmore, 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 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.
608 WFUS53 KDDC 302320 TORDDC KSC047-057-083-302345- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0036.120430T2320Z-120430T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 620 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPEARVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPEARVILLE...BELLEFONT AND OFFERLE. 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 3801 9951 3783 9947 3783 9986 3795 9986 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 267DEG 26KT 3789 9977 HAIL 1.50IN $$ SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
530 WWUS53 KDDC 302332 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 632 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSC047-057-083-302345- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120430T2345Z/ HODGEMAN KS-EDWARDS KS-FORD KS- 632 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...WEST CENTRAL EDWARDS AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR BELLEFONT. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELLEFONT... OFFERLE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3786 9971 3794 9976 3801 9951 3783 9947 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 267DEG 26KT 3789 9966 HAIL 1.50IN $$ 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, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 21 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, 6:29 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.