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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2013Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2013, 7:42 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 6 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 18, 2013, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 18, 7:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Wsw Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Rozel, KS	TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2 MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156.
May 18, 7:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Rozel, KS	TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2 MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156.
May 18, 7:56 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nne Sanford, KS	THE CHASER HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CELL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE TORNADO HAD LIFTED, BUT TOUCHED BACK DOWN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
May 18, 7:58 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ne Sanford, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 18, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

578 
WFUS53 KDDC 190042
TORDDC
KSC145-165-190115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0011.130519T0042Z-130519T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROZEL...AND   
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED AS OF 740 
PM...HOWEVER THIS STORM MAY RAPIDLY REGENERATE TORNADOES THROUGH 815 
PM. 

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

  SOURCE...RADAR 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...
  ASH VALLEY.

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 3809 9937 3816 9956 3841 9943 3836 9903
      3827 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 219DEG 27KT 3824 9936

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

2 follow-up statements

785 
WWUS53 KDDC 190057
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-165-190115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130519T0115Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
757 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 751 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SANFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY STONG ROTATION ON RADAR SUGGESTS ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS 
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST.   

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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...
ASH VALLEY.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9937 3816 9956 3841 9943 3836 9903
      3827 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 212DEG 12KT 3821 9926

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

796 
WWUS53 KDDC 190101
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-165-190115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130519T0115Z/
RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-
801 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 756 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANFORD...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

AT 758 PM...SPOTTER REPORTS HAVE CONFIRMED ANOTHER TORNADO NEAR 
SANFORD MOVING NORTHEAST. 

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

SOURCE...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...
ASH VALLEY.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3809 9937 3816 9956 3841 9943 3836 9903
      3827 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 207DEG 8KT 3822 9927

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 18, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
633 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...UPDATED FOR THE 00Z TAFS AND AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 253 PM CDT
SAT MAY 18 2013

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND STRENGTHEN INTO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOMORROW. AN UPPER LEVEL JET CURRENTLY
EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NEVADA INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND
IS EXPECTED TO ADVECT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOMORROW. STRONG
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE DEPICTED IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
WITH A STRONG WARM TONGUE AROUND 800 MB. TOWARDS THE SURFACE, AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE KS/CO BORDER THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A DRYLINE EXTENDING FROM SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL.
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL SOAR INTO THE LOWER 90S BEHIND THIS
FRONT WITH UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES EAST OF THIS DRYLINE. VERY
MOIST AIR HAS ADVECTED INTO KANSAS AHEAD OF THIS DRYLINE WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND AMPLE MOISTURE AT
THE SURFACE, CAPE VALUES OF OVER 4000 J/KG WILL BE FOUND ACROSS MUCH
OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW STORMS TO FORM FIRST JUST
AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. STORMS THEN MOVE INTO
WICHITA'S FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60
MPH BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT, MAINLY LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS WHEN THE LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN. CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH A
MAJORITY OF WESTERN KANSAS BY SUNRISE. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, LOWS
TONIGHT ARE FORECASTED TO BE IN THE 60S.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA
TOMORROW MORNING SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST. CLOUDY SKIES WILL
BE OBSERVED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS IN THE MORNING WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DUE TO AMPLE MID LEVEL
MOISTURE AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. SKIES CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE
AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. A FEW STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE
MID AFTERNOON BUT MOST LIKELY MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS
WICHITA'S FORECAST AREA. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS TOMORROW WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 70S ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TO LOWER 80S ACROSS THE KS/OK BORDER AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 319 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

AS THE EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS OUT ON SUNDAY NIGHT, A DRY LINE WILL
BE WEAKENING ACROSS OUT FAR EASTERN CWA, AND THERE WILL BE 20
PERCENT POPS GOING FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN TIER OF
COUNTIES AND THE NORTHEAST ZONES NEAR HAYS.  THE UPPER SUPPORT FOR
ANY CONVECTION WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE AND CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL
CEASE BY 03Z MONDAY MORNING.  ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING,
ANOTHER 20 TO 30 PERCENT POP FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME FROM THE
WEST TO THE EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS, AS AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVES
INTO EASTERN KANSAS.  LATE MONDAY NIGHT, A COLD FRONT WILL SLIP
SOUTH INTO CENTRAL KANSAS, AND A SHOWER OR STORM COULD EASILY GET
TRIGGERED NORTH OF I-70 DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING.  ONLY
20 PERCENT CHANCES WILL BE THERE FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING
INTO TUESDAY.  THE NEXT PRECIPITATION CHANCE WILL COME ALONG
THURSDAY.  THAT UPPER WAVE IS FAIRLY STRONG AND BIG IN NATURE, SO
THURSDAY WILL HAVE 30 TO 40 PERCENT PRECIP CHANCES AND THOSE WILL
EXTEND CLEAR INTO SATURDAY. HARD TO SAY THIS EARLY IF ANY SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE REALIZED, BUT THAT CAN BE MONITORED MORE CLOSELY
AS THE THURSDAY TO SATURDAY TIME PERIOD GETS CLOSER.

TEMPERATURES WILL GO THROUGH A COOL DOWN FROM SUNDAY INTO FRIDAY.
HIGHS WILL AVERAGE IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S THROUGH THE
SUNDAY INTO FRIDAY PERIOD. THE COOLEST DAY WILL PROBABLY BE
WEDNESDAY, AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED. THEN ON SATURDAY, A
STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP AND HIGHS WILL CLIMB INTO THE
UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S. LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED WILL
BE SEASONAL, RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 626 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

YOU CAN EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 09Z OR SO, BUT WITH
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KHYS AND JUST EAST OF KDDC THROUGH 04Z. DUE TO
FRESH RAIN AND HUMID CONDITIONS, LOW STRATUS AND FOG WILL BRING
IFR VSBY AND CIGS WILL DEVELOP AT ALL THREE SITES AFTER 09Z, BUT
KHYS MAY ONLY GO DOWN TO OVC015 AND 3SM BR, WHILE KDDC AND KGCK
MAY GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OVC003 AND 1SM BR.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  61  80  53  79 /  30  50  10  30
GCK  60  79  52  77 /  10  50  10  20
EHA  60  80  52  74 /  10  20  20  20
LBL  60  82  52  77 /  10  40  10  30
HYS  63  80  54  77 /  70  50  20  30
P28  65  85  58  82 /  70  30  20  30

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085.

&&

SHORT TERM...HOVORKA_42
LONG TERM...BURKE
AVIATION...BURKE

Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 1:29 PM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
129 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-191830-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
129 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 /1229 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD
OF AN ADVANCING DRYLINE. TENNIS TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. THE
THREAT FOR TORNADOES INCREASES TOWARD SUNSET AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR
INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY. AN ISOLATED LONG-LIVED TORNADO WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST SUPERCELL STORM DURING THE MID TO LATE
EVENING HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS, GENERALLY EAST OF
A WAKEENEY TO MEADE LINE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL,
BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVIATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. MAINLY EAST OF A SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL LINE.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 7:12 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
712 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0712 PM     HAIL             CATHERINE               38.93N 99.22W
05/18/2013  E1.25 INCH       ELLIS              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRUSSELL

Special weather statement, May 18, 7:14 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
714 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSZ078-080-088-089-190100-
CLARK-COMANCHE-FORD-KIOWA-
714 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN
COMANCHE...SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ACRES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3760 9948 3730 9904 3699 9949 3700 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 222DEG 33KT 3707 9971

WAH

Local storm report, May 18, 7:28 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
728 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     TORNADO          2 NW SANFORD            38.19N 99.34W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   STORM CHASER

            A STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
            SANFORD.

&&

DWOLFE

Local storm report, May 18, 7:32 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TORNADO          2 NW SANFORD            38.19N 99.34W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   STORM CHASER

0645 PM     TORNADO          ROZEL                   38.20N 99.40W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0645 PM     HAIL             2 NW SANFORD            38.19N 99.34W
05/18/2013  E1.00 INCH       PAWNEE             KS   STORM CHASER

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 18, 7:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
735 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0731 PM     TORNADO          6 N SANFORD             38.26N 99.31W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THIS TORNADO WAS REPORTED AS A LARGE STOVEPIPE TORNADO.

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 18, 7:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
737 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0734 PM     HAIL             4 SSE WILMORE           37.28N 99.18W
05/18/2013  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

BURKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	42 min
May 18, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	46 min
May 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	28 min
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Ellis	20 min
May 18, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	46 min
May 18, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	46 min
May 18, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	43 min
May 18, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee	23 min
May 18, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	49 min
May 18, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	46 min
May 18, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	52 min
May 19, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	43 min
May 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	62 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	63 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	59 min
May 19, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	41 min
May 19, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	57 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	45 min
May 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	46 min
May 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	46 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.