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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 29, 2013Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2013, 4:59 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 29, 2013, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 29, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	10 Sse Wilmore, KS	6 INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN. 60-70 MPH WINDS
Jul 29, 5:15 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 65	10 Sse Wilmore, KS	6 INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN. 60-70 MPH WINDS

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
Jul 29, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

927 
WFUS53 KDDC 292159
TORDDC
KSC033-292230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0018.130729T2159Z-130729T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
459 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMORE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  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 EASTERN COMANCHE 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 3732 9900 3712 9901 3721 9921 3733 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 273DEG 13KT 3726 9912

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	48 min
Jul 29, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	43 min
Jul 29, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	51 min
Jul 29, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	44 min
Jul 29, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa	45 min
Jul 29, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	50 min
Jul 29, 4:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	3 hr
Jul 29, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	45 min
Jul 29, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	66 min
Jul 29, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	32 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	48 min
Jul 29, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.