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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 3, 2014Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2014, 8:49 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 min. 2 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 3, 2014, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 9:08 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 N Garden City, KS
Jun 3, 9:02 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	7 Nne Garden City, KS	WIND ESTIMATED AT 70-80 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH LARGE HAIL CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOME.

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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

729 
WFUS53 KDDC 040149
TORDDC
KSC055-040230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0008.140604T0149Z-140604T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
849 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF HOLCOMB...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 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 CENTRAL 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 3811 10073 3799 10075 3803 10102 3810 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 273DEG 27KT 3807 10093

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

393 
WWUS53 KDDC 040158
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
858 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KSC055-040230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0230Z/
FINNEY KS-
858 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

AT 853 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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 CENTRAL 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 3811 10073 3799 10075 3803 10102 3810 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 273DEG 27KT 3807 10084

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

18

648 
WWUS53 KDDC 040208
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
908 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KSC055-040218-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140604T0230Z/
FINNEY KS-
908 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3811 10073 3799 10075 3803 10102 3810 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 273DEG 27KT 3807 10074

$$

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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, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Finney, Kearny	35 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.