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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 6:40 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 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
- May 25, 2012, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 6:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 982 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446
WFUS53 KDDC 252340
TORDDC
KSC051-260015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0049.120525T2340Z-120526T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
640 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 638 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HAYS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CATHARINE AND EMMERAM.
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 3913 9903 3899 9903 3886 9924 3891 9936
3914 9926 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 212DEG 34KT 3893 9927
HAIL <.50IN
$$
WAH1 follow-up statement
317
WWUS53 KDDC 252350
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
KSC051-260000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120526T0015Z/
ELLIS KS-
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3913 9903 3899 9903 3886 9924 3891 9936
3914 9926 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 212DEG 34KT 3901 9920
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 29 hr |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 25 min |
| May 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 6 min |
| May 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 45 min |
| May 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 46 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.