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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2014, 4:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2014, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
936 WFUS53 KDDC 012134 TORDDC KSC067-075-093-187-012200- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0006.140601T2134Z-140601T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 434 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT/400 PM MDT/ * AT 430 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF BIG BOW...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...AT 428 PM CDT...A STORM CHASER REPORTED A LANDSPOUT TORNADO NORTH OF BIG BOW. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STANTON...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTIES. 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 3786 10113 3758 10112 3769 10165 3783 10165 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 276DEG 31KT 3773 10154 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...1.25IN $$ SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
926 WWUS53 KDDC 012144 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 444 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 KSC067-075-093-187-012154- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140601T2200Z/ STANTON KS-KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-GRANT KS- 444 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANT...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON... SOUTHERN KEARNY AND NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3786 10113 3758 10112 3769 10165 3783 10165 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 276DEG 31KT 3772 10142 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Seward, Stevens | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Stevens | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.