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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 6, 2014Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 6, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 6:58 PM CDTTORNADOW Deerfield, KSSPOTTER REPORTED BRIEF SMALL CONE TORNADO LESS THAN ONE MILE WEST OF DEERFIELD.
Jun 6, 6:59 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Deerfield, KSMULTIPLE SIGHTINGS, MOVING EAST.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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.

309 
WFUS53 KDDC 062348
TORDDC
KSC055-093-070015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0009.140606T2348Z-140607T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
648 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO PING PONG 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...
  DEERFIELD AROUND 655 PM CDT.
  HOLCOMB AROUND 715 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 3817 10101 3798 10093 3793 10121 3801 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 243DEG 20KT 3799 10119

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

WAH
1 follow-up statement
937 
WWUS53 KDDC 070001
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
701 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

KSC055-093-070015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140607T0015Z/
KEARNY KS-FINNEY KS-
701 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL FINNEY AND
EAST CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 658 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND UP TO PING PONG 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...
  HOLCOMB AROUND 710 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 3797 10116 3805 10120 3817 10101 3798 10093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 243DEG 20KT 3802 10111

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber38 min
Jun 6, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane44 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward43 min
Jun 6, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens40 min
Jun 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade, Seward48 min
Jun 6, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray44 min
Jun 6, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny46 min
Jun 6, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny52 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott48 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.