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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 2014Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2014, 9:07 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 9:16 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Nnw Sawyer, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 283 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1181 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

031 
WFUS53 KDDC 120207
TORDDC
KSC151-120230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.140512T0207Z-140512T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
907 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COATS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  COATS AROUND 915 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 3747 9870 3747 9890 3747 9891 3747 9893
      3755 9892 3756 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 258DEG 22KT 3751 9887

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

$$

KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
271 
WWUS53 KDDC 120214
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
914 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSC151-120230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140512T0230Z/
PRATT KS-
914 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR COATS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
PRATT 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3747 9870 3750 9883 3755 9885 3756 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 258DEG 22KT 3754 9880

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

$$

KRUSE
067 
WWUS53 KDDC 120219
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
919 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSC151-120229-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140512T0230Z/
PRATT KS-
919 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.  

LAT...LON 3747 9870 3750 9883 3755 9885 3756 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 258DEG 22KT 3754 9875

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee64 min
May 11, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford56 min
May 11, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush51 min
May 11, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa56 min
May 11, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford61 min
May 11, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford65 min
May 11, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt52 min
May 12, 9:46 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more8 hr
May 12, 11:45 AM CDTFreeze WarningDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott20 hr
May 12, 6:08 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more52 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.