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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2013Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2013, 6:48 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 28, 2013, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 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.

513 
WFUS53 KDDC 282348
TORDDC
KSC165-290015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.130528T2348Z-130529T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
648 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OTIS...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. A SMALL TORNADO WAS 
  REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF OTIS.

  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 EXTREME EASTERN RUSH COUNTY.

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 3841 9903 3850 9920 3868 9903 3868 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 217DEG 18KT 3852 9903

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

819 
WWUS53 KDDC 290009
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

KSC165-290019-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130529T0015Z/
RUSH KS-
709 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/...

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

LAT...LON 3841 9903 3850 9920 3868 9903 3868 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 217DEG 18KT 3861 9894

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 1:39 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more	31 hr
May 28, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	45 min
May 28, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	45 min
May 28, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	53 min
May 28, 5:15 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	3 hr
May 28, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	57 min
May 28, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	65 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	50 min
May 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche	51 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	47 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.