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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2014Grant County, Haskell County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT for Grant County, Haskell County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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
Jun 1, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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
Jun 1, 2:00 AM CDTHAIL 1Ulysses, KSHAIL CAUSED BROKEN WINDOWS TO AT LEAST 1 RESIDENCE.
Jun 1, 2:00 AM CDTHAIL 1Ulysses, KS
Jun 1, 2:10 AM CDTHAIL 1Ulysses, KSTHE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED QUITE A BIT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ULYSSES.
Jun 1, 2:30 AM CDTHAIL 12 E Moscow, KS
Jun 1, 2:35 AM CDTHAIL 24 W Cave, KSHAIL CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD ON A WORK TRUCK.

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 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 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.

712 
WFUS53 KDDC 010700
TORDDC
KSC067-081-189-010745-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0005.140601T0700Z-140601T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
200 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 159 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ULYSSES...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HICKOK AROUND 210 AM CDT.
  RYUS AROUND 225 AM CDT.
  CAVE AROUND 240 AM 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 3754 10149 3766 10137 3747 10096 3739 10105
      3739 10107 3737 10107 3728 10117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 309DEG 22KT 3755 10134

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
269 
WWUS53 KDDC 010716
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
216 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSC067-081-189-010745-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140601T0745Z/
STEVENS KS-HASKELL KS-GRANT KS-
216 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...
SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL AND NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM
CDT...

AT 213 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HICKOK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RYUS AROUND 230 AM CDT.
  CAVE AROUND 240 AM 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 3752 10141 3760 10133 3747 10096 3739 10105
      3739 10107 3737 10107 3728 10117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 309DEG 22KT 3749 10124

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton57 min
Jun 1, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton62 min
Jun 1, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton61 min
Jun 1, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton47 min
Jun 1, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Seward, Stevens66 min
Jun 1, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward54 min
Jun 1, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny66 min
Jun 1, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens42 min
Jun 1, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens51 min
Jun 1, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward59 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton60 min
Jun 1, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
Jun 1, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny66 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton61 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott65 min
Jun 1, 4:34 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton26 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego66 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton57 min
Jun 1, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess26 min
Jun 1, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman66 min
Jun 1, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens67 min
Jun 1, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman52 min
Jun 1, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford46 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.