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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 7:14 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 7:39 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S Sawyer, KS | |
| Apr 30, 7:51 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 W Sawyer, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
325 WFUS53 KDDC 010014 TORDDC KSC007-151-010045- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0043.120501T0014Z-120501T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 714 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAWYER AND ISABEL. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING. 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 3739 9846 3735 9885 3743 9891 3764 9857 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 241DEG 20KT 3741 9882 HAIL 1.75IN $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
139 WWUS53 KDDC 010037 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 737 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 KSC007-151-010045- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120501T0045Z/ PRATT KS-BARBER KS- 737 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARBER AND SOUTH CENTRAL PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF SAWYER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAWYER... ISABEL... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3739 9846 3735 9885 3743 9891 3764 9857 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 247DEG 22KT 3746 9867 HAIL 2.00IN $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| 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, 7:28 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.