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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT for Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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
- May 25, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Alexander, KS | |
| May 25, 8:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 17 Ene Ness City, KS | |
| May 25, 8:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Alexander, KS | STOVE PIPE TORNADO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
957 WFUS53 KDDC 260052 TORDDC KSC135-165-260115- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0051.120526T0052Z-120526T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 752 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALEXANDER...MCCRACKEN AND HARGRAVE. 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 3870 9951 3852 9936 3843 9962 3848 9967 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 220DEG 11KT 3848 9961 HAIL <.50IN $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 50 min |
| May 25, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 31 min |
| May 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 49 min |
| May 25, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 34 min |
| May 25, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 26 min |
| May 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 46 min |
| May 25, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 37 min |
| May 25, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 50 min |
| May 25, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 14 min |
| May 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 28 min |
| May 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 17 min |
| May 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 50 min |
| May 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 50 min |
| May 26, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Kearny, Stevens | 59 min |
| May 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 22 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.