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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 2012Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 9:57 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 8 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, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTTORNADO2 N La Crosse, KSSECOND TORNADO HAS DEVELOPED
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTTORNADO4 Ne La Crosse, KS
May 25, 10:10 PM CDTTORNADO7 Ne La Crosse, KS
May 25, 10:12 PM CDTTORNADO4 N Bison, KS
May 25, 10:17 PM CDTTORNADO5 N Bison, KS
May 25, 10:27 PM CDTTORNADO5 N Otis, KS
May 25, 10:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLa Crosse, KSDAMAGE TO THE GROCERY STORE
May 25, 10:40 PM CDTTORNADO13 Ne La Crosse, KSCYCLIC REPEATED TORNADOGENESIS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

786 
WFUS53 KDDC 260257
TORDDC
KSC051-165-260330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0056.120526T0257Z-120526T0330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 955 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LA CROSSE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BISON...LORETTA AND OTIS.

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.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

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 9904 3869 9902 3853 9903 3852 9931
      3859 9934 3876 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 245DEG 20KT 3856 9927
HAIL <.50IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
342 
WWUS53 KDDC 260303
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1003 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

KSC051-260313-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120526T0330Z/
ELLIS KS-
1003 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3869 9902 3856 9903 3855 9928 3859 9930
      3870 9910 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 245DEG 20KT 3857 9923

$$

KSC165-260330-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120526T0330Z/
RUSH KS-
1003 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY
UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 959 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LA CROSSE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORETTA...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY.

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.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9902 3856 9903 3855 9928 3859 9930
      3870 9910 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 245DEG 20KT 3857 9923
HAIL <.50IN

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush50 min
May 25, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush51 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Rush23 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush31 min
May 25, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush49 min
May 25, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush34 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
May 25, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush47 min
May 25, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush26 min
May 25, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush46 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush37 min
May 25, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush50 min
May 25, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush26 min
May 25, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush14 min
May 25, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis28 min
May 25, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis17 min
May 26, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade43 min
May 26, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness44 min
May 26, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness50 min
May 26, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego50 min
May 26, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego46 min
May 26, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Kearny, Stevens59 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego22 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.