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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 7:30 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), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 7:14 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Nw Haviland, KS | THE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED TO START TO FORM, BEGIN TO LOWER, BUT NEVER LOWERED DOWN TOO FAR FROM THE SURFACE. |
| Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Nw Haviland, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102
WFUS53 KDDC 010000
TORDDC
KSC097-010030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0041.120501T0000Z-120501T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
700 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CONFIRMED TORNADO 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBURG. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAVILAND AND WELLSFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS CONFIRMED WITH THIS STORM. 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 3748 9934 3766 9939 3774 9906 3773 9901
3753 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 257DEG 19KT 3759 9924
HAIL 1.75IN
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
012 WWUS53 KDDC 010019 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 719 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSC097-010030- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120501T0030Z/ KIOWA KS- 719 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAVILAND. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AT 714 PM FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAVILAND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAVILAND... WELLSFORD... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3755 9926 3768 9930 3773 9901 3753 9902 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 257DEG 19KT 3761 9913 HAIL 1.75IN $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 34 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.