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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2012, 10:49 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 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), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
480 WFUS53 KDDC 260349 TORDDC KSC051-165-260415- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0058.120526T0349Z-120526T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1049 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... NORTH CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1046 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR PFEIFER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VICTORIA. 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. 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 3888 9915 3884 9907 3868 9918 3870 9927 TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 207DEG 19KT 3872 9916 HAIL <.50IN $$ WAH
1 follow-up statement
243 WWUS53 KDDC 260403 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1103 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 KSC165-260413- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-120526T0415Z/ RUSH KS- 1103 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3877 9922 3888 9915 3884 9907 3873 9915 TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 207DEG 19KT 3879 9912 $$ KSC051-260415- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-120526T0415Z/ ELLIS KS- 1103 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PFEIFER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VICTORIA... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY. 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. 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 3877 9922 3888 9915 3884 9907 3873 9915 TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 207DEG 19KT 3879 9912 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, 8:14 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.