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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2013, 9:24 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 4, 2013, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530
WFUS53 KDDC 050224
TORDDC
KSC055-093-050300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0015.130605T0224Z-130605T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
924 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 920 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LAKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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...
LAKIN.
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3794 10095 3774 10099 3780 10150 3797 10143
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 278DEG 22KT 3787 10133
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
182 follow-up statements
017
WWUS53 KDDC 050237
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
937 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
KSC055-093-050300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130605T0300Z/
KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
937 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 934 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3794 10095 3774 10099 3780 10150 3797 10143
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 278DEG 22KT 3781 10120
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
18848 WWUS53 KDDC 050256 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 956 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013 KSC055-093-050306- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130605T0300Z/ KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS- 956 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3794 10095 3774 10099 3780 10150 3797 10143 TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 278DEG 22KT 3779 10105 $$ WAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Lane | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Meade | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 59 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.