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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2014, 8:25 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 3, 2014, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 13 Wsw Friend, KS |
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884
WFUS53 KDDC 040125
TORDDC
KSC055-093-040200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.140604T0125Z-140604T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
825 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 820 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF
LAKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KEARNY
AND WEST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3819 10091 3802 10101 3808 10131 3820 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 267DEG 10KT 3809 10125
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
181 follow-up statement
541 WWUS53 KDDC 040137 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 837 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 KSC055-093-040200- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140604T0200Z/ KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS- 837 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL FINNEY AND EAST CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 834 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF DEERFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3816 10114 3814 10094 3802 10101 3806 10121 TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 279DEG 22KT 3806 10107 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.00IN $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 19 min |
| Jun 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Kearny | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 18 min |
| Jun 3, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Finney | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 110 min |
| Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.