Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2014, 5:46 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 21, 2014, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 12 N Syracuse, KS | THE HAIL ALSO DID DAMAGE TO THE WHEAT. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 212346
TORDDC
KSC075-220030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0011.140621T2346Z-140622T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 543 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
SYRACUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON
COUNTY.
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 3827 10181 3827 10171 3817 10155 3805 10172
3807 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 204DEG 16KT 3810 10175
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
182 follow-up statements
362
WWUS53 KDDC 220003
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
703 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
KSC075-220030-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140622T0030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
603 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 558 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE
CITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3827 10181 3827 10171 3817 10155 3805 10172
3807 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 215DEG 8KT 3814 10173
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
18927
WWUS53 KDDC 220026
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
726 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
KSC075-220036-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140622T0030Z/
HAMILTON KS-
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.
LAT...LON 3827 10181 3827 10171 3817 10155 3805 10172
3807 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 215DEG 8KT 3818 10169
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 39 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.