Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:16 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
KRUSE2 follow-up statements
271
WWUS53 KDDC 120214
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
914 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
KSC151-120230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140512T0230Z/
PRATT KS-
914 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR COATS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
PRATT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3747 9870 3750 9883 3755 9885 3756 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 258DEG 22KT 3754 9880
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KRUSE067 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 64 min |
| May 11, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 56 min |
| May 11, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| May 11, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 56 min |
| May 11, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 61 min |
| May 11, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 65 min |
| May 11, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 52 min |
| May 12, 9:46 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 8 hr |
| May 12, 11:45 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 20 hr |
| May 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 52 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.