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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 13, 2012Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2012, 4:39 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
Oct 13, 2012, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 13, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 12:00Z on 2012-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 619 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

935 
WFUS53 KDDC 132139
TORDDC
KSC145-185-132215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0063.121013T2139Z-121013T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
439 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES
  SOUTH OF RADIUM. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD.

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 3807 9891 3820 9902 3827 9892 3827 9847
      3826 9847 3823 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 239DEG 29KT 3816 9887
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
253 
WWUS53 KDDC 132150
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
450 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

KSC145-132159-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121013T2215Z/
PAWNEE KS-
450 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

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

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

LAT...LON 3815 9882 3822 9890 3827 9889 3827 9847
      3823 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 241DEG 30KT 3821 9880

$$

KSC185-132215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121013T2215Z/
STAFFORD KS-
450 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SEWARD. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD 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 3815 9882 3822 9890 3827 9889 3827 9847
      3823 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 241DEG 30KT 3821 9880
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL
579 
WWUS53 KDDC 132203
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

KSC185-132213-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121013T2215Z/
STAFFORD KS-
503 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3815 9882 3822 9890 3827 9889 3827 9847
      3823 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 241DEG 30KT 3827 9867

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton63 min
Oct 13, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens36 min
Oct 13, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
Oct 13, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford43 min

Nearby

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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.