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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2013Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2013, 8:22 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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

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The text

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

998 
WFUS53 KDDC 190122
TORDDC
KSC145-190145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0012.130519T0122Z-130519T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 819 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF LARNED...AND MOVING           
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF     
  TORNADOES OVER THE LAST HOUR. 

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE 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 3819 9912 3831 9922 3835 9914 3835 9903
      3833 9902 3827 9902 3827 9899 3826 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 242DEG 28KT 3827 9909

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

787 
WWUS53 KDDC 190129 RRA
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-190139-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130519T0145Z/
PAWNEE KS-
829 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3819 9912 3831 9922 3835 9914 3835 9903
      3833 9902 3827 9902 3827 9899 3826 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 242DEG 28KT 3829 9902

$$

RUSSELL

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, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 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, 8:41 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

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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.