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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 29, 2013Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2013, 5:57 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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: Mar 29, 2013, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 29, 6:15 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	4 Wnw Syracuse, KS

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -322 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

644 
WFUS53 KDDC 292357
TORDDC
KSC075-300030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0002.130329T2357Z-130330T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
557 PM MDT FRI MAR 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 555 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COOLIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  SYRACUSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 3815 10156 3784 10156 3800 10203 3818 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 285DEG 11KT 3804 10192

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

JRJ

1 follow-up statement

361 
WWUS53 KDDC 300010
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
710 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

KSC075-300030-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130330T0030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
610 PM MDT FRI MAR 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

AT 605 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF COOLIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
SYRACUSE.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE
CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3814 10196 3810 10156 3784 10156 3800 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 303DEG 12KT 3802 10188

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

JRJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	39 min
Mar 29, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	63 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.