Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2013, 2:39 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
- Jul 25, 2013, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2013, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:05 PM MDT | TORNADO | 13 S Coolidge, KS | LANDSPOUT TORNADO |
| Jul 25, 3:17 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Syracuse, KS | NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE DOWNED. ROOFS WERE BLOWN OFF 2 HAY BUILDINGS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
908
WFUS53 KDDC 252039
TORDDC
KSC075-187-252115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0017.130725T2039Z-130725T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
239 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 315 PM MDT/415 PM CDT/
* AT 337 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MANTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN STANTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
HAMILTON 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 10180 3776 10167 3762 10204 3762 10205
3783 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 241DEG 19KT 3773 10203
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
624
WWUS53 KDDC 252046
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
346 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
KSC075-187-252115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130725T2115Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
246 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT/415 PM CDT/...
AT 241 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MANTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 10180 3776 10167 3762 10204 3762 10205
3783 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 236DEG 15KT 3776 10200
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RUSSELL121
WWUS53 KDDC 252106
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
406 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
KSC075-187-252116-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130725T2115Z/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
306 PM MDT THU JUL 25 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN
STANTON COUNTIES 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 3795 10180 3776 10167 3762 10204 3762 10205
3783 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 236DEG 15KT 3781 10191
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Trego | 95 min |
| Jul 25, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 48 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.