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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2012Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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: Jun 14, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2012, 7:48 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 2789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.8

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The text

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

205 
WFUS53 KDDC 150031
TORDDC
KSC101-150100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0062.120615T0031Z-120615T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
  ALAMOTA. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LANE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3846 10025 3835 10025 3838 10034 3845 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 298DEG 8KT 3842 10030
HAIL <.50IN

$$

KRUSE

1 follow-up statement

524 
WWUS53 KDDC 150048 RRA
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
748 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

KSC101-150057-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120615T0100Z/
LANE KS-
748 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

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

THE STORM ROTATION HAS WEAKENED AND AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE 
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE IS 
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3846 10025 3835 10025 3838 10034 3845 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 298DEG 8KT 3840 10026

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	44 min
Jun 14, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	56 min
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	13 min
Jun 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade	39 min
Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	45 min
Jun 14, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more	47 min
Jun 14, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	45 min
Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	55 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	33 min
Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	27 min
Jun 14, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more	58 min
Jun 14, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	12 hr
Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	66 min
Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	50 min
Jun 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	55 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.