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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 2012Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2012, 7:54 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.

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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

289 
WFUS53 KDDC 010031
TORDDC
KSC097-151-010115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0044.120501T0031Z-120501T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 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...
  CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HAVILAND. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WELLSFORD...CULLISON...PRATT AND IUKA.

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 3760 9863 3760 9915 3773 9918 3774 9912
      3773 9902 3775 9901 3780 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 259DEG 23KT 3765 9905
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

477 
WWUS53 KDDC 010054 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

KSC097-151-010104-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120501T0115Z/
PRATT KS-KIOWA KS-
754 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND CENTRAL PRATT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3760 9863 3760 9915 3773 9918 3774 9912
      3773 9902 3775 9901 3780 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 259DEG 23KT 3768 9887

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 7:00 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, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	31 min
Apr 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards	33 min
Apr 30, 7:41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.