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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2013Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2013, 5:34 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
May 18, 2013, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2095 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-361 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

240 
WFUS53 KDDC 182234
TORDDC
KSC195-182300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.130518T2234Z-130518T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
534 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  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...
  CEDAR BLUFF AND RIGA.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 9960 3877 9960 3872 9985 3877 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 236DEG 24KT 3879 9980

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

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
176 
WWUS53 KDDC 182254
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSC195-182300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130518T2300Z/
TREGO KS-
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 550 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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 EASTERN TREGO 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 9976 3882 9982 3895 9960 3877 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 242DEG 22KT 3884 9967

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:00 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens18 hr
May 18, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego51 min
May 18, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego52 min
May 18, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego44 min
May 18, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego37 min
May 18, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego44 min
May 18, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford38 min
May 18, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCNess, Trego6 hr
May 18, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego29 min
May 18, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee41 min
May 18, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa48 min
May 18, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego30 min
May 18, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis33 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.