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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 7:41 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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, 7:51 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
531
WFUS53 KDDC 010041
TORDDC
KSC007-151-010115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0045.120501T0041Z-120501T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
741 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...
SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SAWYER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER IS ALSO EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ISABEL.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT.
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 9876 3752 9879 3765 9846 3756 9845
3741 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 249DEG 27KT 3747 9863
HAIL 2.00IN
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
308
WWUS53 KDDC 010058
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
758 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
KSC007-151-010115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120501T0115Z/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
758 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARBER AND
SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
ISABEL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PING PONG
BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAWYER...
ISABEL...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 9876 3752 9879 3765 9846 3756 9845
3741 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 248DEG 20KT 3746 9859
HAIL 1.50IN
$$
RUSSELLThe 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, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:44 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.