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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2013, 5:24 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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
- Jun 8, 2013, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 N Minneola, KS | MOSTLY PEA BUT A FEW QUARTERS MIXED IN. |
| Jun 8, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Minneola, KS | THE HAIL WAS DRIFTING IN MINNEOLA. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN MINNEOLA. |
| Jun 8, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Minneola, KS | |
| Jun 8, 6:09 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 E Minneola, KS | THIS REPORT CAME FROM 1/2-MILE EAST OF MINNEOLA. THE HAIL LASTED FROM 555 TO 609 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140
WFUS53 KDDC 082224
TORDDC
KSC025-057-082300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0016.130608T2224Z-130608T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
524 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 521 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOM...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
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...
MINNEOLA AND BLOOM.
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 3743 9970 3738 10000 3757 10005 3760 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 325DEG 16KT 3755 9998
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
753 WWUS53 KDDC 082257 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 557 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 KSC025-057-082308- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130608T2300Z/ CLARK KS-FORD KS- 557 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FORD AND NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT/... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3743 9970 3738 10000 3757 10005 3760 9993 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 325DEG 16KT 3743 9987 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade, Seward | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.