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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2017Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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: May 18, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 5:22 PM CDT
In force: 22 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 18, 5:08 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 W Kiowa, KS

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.

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

228 
WFUS53 KDDC 182200
TORDDC
KSC007-182245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0016.170518T2200Z-170518T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM CDT
    
* At 459 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles west of Capron, or 6 miles north of Alva,
  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...
  Hardtner around 510 PM CDT. 
  Kiowa around 520 PM CDT. 
  Hazelton around 530 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 3700 9869 3724 9851 3722 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 218DEG 37KT 3690 9867 

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

$$

UMSCHEID

1 follow-up statement

334 
WWUS53 KDDC 182222
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-182232-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170518T2245Z/
Barber KS-
522 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER 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.

LAT...LON 3700 9869 3724 9851 3722 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 218DEG 37KT 3709 9848 

$$

UMSCHEID

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, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	29 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, 5:07 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.