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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2017Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 4:51 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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: May 18, 2017, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 5:20 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

899 
WFUS53 KDDC 182151
TORDDC
KSC007-182230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0012.170518T2151Z-170518T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
451 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Barber County in south central Kansas...

* Until 530 PM CDT
    
* At 450 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles south of Medicine Lodge, moving northeast at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. Spotter reported rapidly rotating
           wall cloud 10 miles north of Hardtner.

  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...
  Medicine Lodge around 455 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9854 3720 9871 3746 9867 3746 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3733 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 218DEG 37KT 3722 9860 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

543 
WWUS53 KDDC 182204
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
504 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

KSC007-182230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170518T2230Z/
Barber KS-
504 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...
    
At 504 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles north of Medicine Lodge, moving northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Barber County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3728 9853 3729 9866 3746 9867 3746 9846
      3739 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 208DEG 33KT 3733 9856 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

UMSCHEID

753 
WWUS53 KDDC 182220
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
520 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

KSC007-182229-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170518T2230Z/
Barber KS-
520 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3728 9853 3729 9866 3746 9867 3746 9846
      3739 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 218DEG 37KT 3746 9843 

$$

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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
May 18, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	66 min
May 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	49 min
May 18, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush	53 min
May 18, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	47 min
May 18, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	61 min
May 18, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	55 min
May 18, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	40 min
May 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	43 min
May 18, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kiowa	25 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	63 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	33 min
May 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	22 min
May 18, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	39 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	37 min
May 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	32 min
May 18, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	33 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	31 min
May 18, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	25 min
May 18, 5:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	6 hr
May 18, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	28 min
May 18, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	41 min
May 18, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee	17 min
May 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	30 min
May 18, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ford	6 hr
May 18, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	30 min
May 18, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	15 min
May 18, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	51 min
May 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	6 hr

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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.