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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2013Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2013, 7:17 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 14 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: May 18, 2013, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
May 18, 7:21 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 E Burdett, KS
May 18, 7:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ssw Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:24 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ssw Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Sanford, KS	A STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANFORD.
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Se Burdett, KS
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ese Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 N Garfield, KS
May 18, 7:31 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 N Sanford, KS	THIS TORNADO WAS REPORTED AS A LARGE STOVEPIPE TORNADO.
May 18, 7:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 W Rozel, KS	THE TORNADO WAS JUST BEGINNING TO ROPE OUT, ACCORDING THE CHASER.
May 18, 7:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Wsw Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	Rozel, KS
May 18, 7:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Rozel, KS	TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2 MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156.
May 18, 7:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Rozel, KS	TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2 MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156.

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
May 18, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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: 160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 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.

119 
WFUS53 KDDC 190017
TORDDC
KSC047-145-190045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0009.130519T0017Z-130519T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROZEL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND TENNIS 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...
  ROZEL...GARFIELD...SANFORD...FRIZELL...ASH VALLEY AND LARNED.

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 3824 9891 3799 9940 3808 9956 3835 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 224DEG 26KT 3814 9941

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

RUSSELL

2 follow-up statements

790 
WWUS53 KDDC 190026 RRA
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-190035-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130519T0045Z/
EDWARDS KS-
726 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3804 9931 3806 9935 3809 9935 3809 9943
      3813 9955 3835 9949 3824 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 221DEG 27KT 3818 9939

$$

KSC145-190045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130519T0045Z/
PAWNEE KS-
726 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAWNEE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 723 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROZEL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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.

NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED OF A LARGE CONE TORNADO 5 MILES 
WEST SOUTHWEST OF SANFORD. 


LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROZEL...SANFORD...FRIZELL...ASH VALLEY AND LARNED.

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 3804 9931 3806 9935 3809 9935 3809 9943
      3813 9955 3835 9949 3824 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 221DEG 27KT 3818 9939

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

RUSSELL

596 
WWUS53 KDDC 190032
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-190045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130519T0045Z/
PAWNEE KS-
732 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAWNEE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 728 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROZEL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 728 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS HEAADED FOR ROZEL. THOSE IN 
ROZEL SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. TORNADO IS LOCATED NEAR 
ROZEL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD THE TOWN. 


HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...
ROZEL...SANFORD...ASH VALLEY...FRIZELL AND LARNED.

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 3804 9931 3806 9935 3809 9935 3809 9943
      3813 9955 3835 9949 3824 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 204DEG 15KT 3818 9943

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	42 min
May 18, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	46 min
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Ellis	20 min
May 18, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	46 min
May 18, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	46 min
May 18, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	43 min
May 18, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee	23 min
May 18, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	49 min
May 18, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	46 min
May 18, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	52 min
May 19, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	43 min
May 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	62 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	63 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	59 min
May 19, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	41 min
May 19, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	57 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	45 min
May 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	46 min
May 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	46 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	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.