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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 182254
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
KSC195-182300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130518T2300Z/
TREGO KS-
554 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 550 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN TREGO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 9976 3882 9982 3895 9960 3877 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 242DEG 22KT 3884 9967
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 18 hr |
| May 18, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| May 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 52 min |
| May 18, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 37 min |
| May 18, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 6 hr |
| May 18, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 29 min |
| May 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 41 min |
| May 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 18, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 30 min |
| May 18, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 33 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.