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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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 30, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 6:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Mullinville, KS | |
| Apr 30, 6:41 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Greensburg, KS | THE TORNADO WAS RAIN WRAPPED AND ON THE GROUND. IT SOON LIFTED, ONLY TO PRODUCE ANOTHER FUNNEL A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. |
| Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Greensburg, KS | |
| Apr 30, 6:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ese Greensburg, KS | THIS TORNADO ONLY TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY. |
| Apr 30, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | W Greensburg, KS | |
| Apr 30, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 E 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.
| 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.
079 WFUS53 KDDC 302330 TORDDC KSC097-010000- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0037.120430T2330Z-120501T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLINVILLE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG. 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. 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 3772 9922 3756 9909 3747 9943 3756 9953 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 238DEG 23KT 3755 9941 HAIL 1.75IN $$ GERARD
1 follow-up statement
502 WWUS53 KDDC 302353 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 653 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSC097-010000- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120501T0000Z/ KIOWA KS- 653 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AT 641 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. THE TORNADO LIFTED BUT MORE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3772 9922 3756 9909 3747 9943 3756 9953 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 251DEG 19KT 3758 9928 HAIL 1.75IN $$ GERARD
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, 6:20 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, 6:32 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.