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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2012Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 8:14 PM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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, 8:41 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 E Mccracken, KS
May 25, 8:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Hargrave, KS
May 25, 8:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Wnw Liebenthal, KS	SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED, INCLUDING 6-8 INCH LIMBS BROKE AND UNKNOWN TREES FOUND AT THE PROPERTY. AN OVERHEAD DOOR AND WOODEN AWNING WERE BLOWN AWAY.

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

717 
WFUS53 KDDC 260114
TORDDC
KSC051-135-165-260145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0052.120526T0114Z-120526T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
814 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF
  ALEXANDER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCCRACKEN AND HARGRAVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS CONFIRMED WITH THIS STORM. 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 3878 9947 3859 9924 3845 9960 3850 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 222DEG 18KT 3853 9957
HAIL <.50IN

$$

WAH

1 follow-up statement

909 
WWUS53 KDDC 260120
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
820 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC135-260130-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120526T0145Z/
NESS KS-
820 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NESS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3860 9925 3848 9952 3851 9959 3853 9959
      3877 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 222DEG 18KT 3855 9954

$$

KSC051-165-260145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120526T0145Z/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
820 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELLIS AND
NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 816 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
MCCRACKEN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARGRAVE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHERN ELLIS
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS CONFIRMED WITH THIS STORM. 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 3860 9925 3848 9952 3851 9959 3853 9959
      3877 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 222DEG 18KT 3855 9954
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, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	23 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.