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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 2012Kiowa County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 6:36 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Mullinville, KS
Apr 30, 6:41 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sw Greensburg, KSTHE 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 CDTHAIL 2.5Greensburg, KS
Apr 30, 6:47 PM CDTTORNADO6 Ese Greensburg, KSTHIS TORNADO ONLY TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY.
Apr 30, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.75W Greensburg, KS
Apr 30, 6:59 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray47 min
Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark49 min
Apr 29, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa34 min
Apr 30, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber40 min
Apr 30, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 min
Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman21 min
Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman33 min
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman59 min
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa48 min
Apr 30, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa47 min
Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa40 min
Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman25 min
Apr 30, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee46 min
Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche43 min
Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt36 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman32 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.