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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2017, 4:28 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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 19, 2017, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2017, 4:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KDDC 192128
TORDDC
KSC007-151-192200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0022.170519T2128Z-170519T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
428 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Barber County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 427 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles north of Medicine Lodge, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Isabel around 440 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 3715 9862 3732 9873 3757 9847 3739 9846
3738 9835 3729 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 220DEG 27KT 3734 9856
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
054
WWUS53 KDDC 192140
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
KSC007-151-192200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170519T2200Z/
Barber KS-Pratt KS-
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES...
At 439 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Nashville, or 13 miles northeast of Medicine Lodge,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Barber and southeastern Pratt Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3724 9856 3739 9858 3757 9847 3739 9846
3738 9835 3729 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 216DEG 25KT 3746 9846
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RUSSELL400
WWUS53 KDDC 192144
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
444 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
KSC007-151-192154-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170519T2200Z/
Barber KS-Pratt KS-
444 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3724 9856 3739 9858 3757 9847 3739 9846
3738 9835 3729 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 220DEG 27KT 3749 9843
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 49 min |
| May 19, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 23 min |
| May 19, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| May 19, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 19, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 50 min |
| May 19, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 12 hr |
| May 19, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 31 min |
| May 19, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 29 min |
| May 19, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 28 min |
| May 19, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 62 min |
| May 19, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 59 min |
| May 19, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 61 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.