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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2014, 6:46 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- May 11, 2014, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Kinsley, KS |
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 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 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 112346
TORDDC
KSC047-145-120015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.140511T2346Z-140512T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 643 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OFFERLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KINSLEY AROUND 655 PM CDT.
LEWIS AROUND 710 PM CDT.
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 3814 9926 3787 9909 3783 9952 3797 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 246DEG 28KT 3790 9946
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 112355
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
655 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
KSC047-145-120015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140512T0015Z/
PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS-
655 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EDWARDS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 653 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KINSLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEWIS AND GARFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3790 9939 3801 9947 3814 9926 3787 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 244DEG 28KT 3797 9939
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SUGDEN299 WWUS53 KDDC 120004 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 704 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014 KSC047-145-120014- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140512T0015Z/ PAWNEE KS-EDWARDS KS- 704 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN EDWARDS AND SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3790 9939 3801 9947 3814 9926 3787 9909 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 244DEG 28KT 3799 9930 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 56 min |
| May 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 45 min |
| May 11, 2:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 22 hr |
| May 11, 3:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 16 hr |
| May 11, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 66 min |
| May 11, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 58 min |
| May 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 63 min |
| May 11, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 65 min |
| May 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| May 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 65 min |
| May 11, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 66 min |
| May 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush | 64 min |
| May 11, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee | 64 min |
| May 11, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 11, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 67 min |
| May 11, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 57 min |
| May 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 25 min |
| May 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush | 65 min |
| May 11, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 56 min |
| May 11, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 63 min |
| May 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 63 min |
| May 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 33 min |
| May 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 65 min |
| May 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush | 56 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.