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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2013Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2013, 7:25 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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 18, 2013, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.75 in

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
May 18, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2013-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2013-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

539 
WFUS53 KDDC 190025
TORDDC
KSC051-190045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0010.130519T0025Z-130519T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMMERAM...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3913 9903 3889 9903 3886 9908 3911 9927
      3914 9915 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 240DEG 29KT 3899 9904

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
674 
WWUS53 KDDC 190039
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
739 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSC051-190049-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130519T0045Z/
ELLIS KS-
739 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CDT/645 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3913 9903 3889 9903 3886 9908 3911 9927
      3914 9915 3914 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 240DEG 29KT 3905 9891

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee42 min
May 18, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche46 min
May 18, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee28 min
May 18, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt46 min
May 18, 7:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCPawnee, Rush33 min
May 18, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford46 min
May 18, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford43 min
May 18, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee23 min
May 18, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber49 min
May 18, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber46 min
May 18, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche52 min
May 19, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche43 min
May 19, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford62 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego63 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt59 min
May 19, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford41 min
May 19, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego57 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush45 min
May 19, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford46 min
May 19, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Kearny46 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward44 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.