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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 6:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Lake City, KS | TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED, LONG-LIVED, BUT NEITHER FUNNEL EVER TOUCHED THE GROUND. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
452 WFUS53 KDDC 302339 TORDDC KSC007-033-097-151-010015- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0039.120430T2339Z-120501T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 639 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUN CITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUN CITY...CROFT...COATS...CULLISON AND SAWYER. 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 3764 9890 3747 9856 3725 9904 3734 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 228DEG 30KT 3733 9902 HAIL <.50IN $$ 33
1 follow-up statement
962 WWUS53 KDDC 302355 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 655 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSC007-033-097-151-010015- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120501T0015Z/ PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS- 655 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE... NORTHWESTERN BARBER...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SUN CITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUN CITY... COATS... SAWYER... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN BARBER...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3764 9890 3747 9856 3725 9904 3734 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 227DEG 29KT 3740 9891 HAIL 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
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, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.