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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 4:53 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 5:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
404
WFUS53 KDDC 182153
TORDDC
KSC097-182230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.170518T2153Z-170518T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
453 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
* Until 530 PM CDT
* At 452 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Mullinville, or 10 miles southwest
of Greensburg, moving northeast at 45 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Greensburg around 505 PM CDT.
Haviland around 515 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include The
Joy Elevator and The Brenham Elevator.
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 3749 9952 3772 9940 3771 9901 3741 9934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 218DEG 37KT 3749 9941
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 182209
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
509 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
KSC097-182230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170518T2230Z/
Kiowa KS-
509 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
At 509 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles east of Mullinville, or 6 miles west of
Greensburg, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Greensburg around 515 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include The
Joy Elevator.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3755 9948 3772 9940 3771 9922 3753 9935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 203DEG 28KT 3760 9940
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID922
WWUS53 KDDC 182218
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
518 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
KSC097-182228-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170518T2230Z/
Kiowa KS-
518 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.
LAT...LON 3755 9948 3772 9940 3771 9922 3753 9935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 218DEG 37KT 3768 9932
$$
UMSCHEIDThe 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, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 29 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.