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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2018Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2018, 5:32 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 min. 6 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: May 29, 2018, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2018, 5:48 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 5:35 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	8 N Bloom, KS
May 29, 5:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 W Kingsdown, KS
May 29, 5:38 PM CDT	HAIL 4	8 N Bloom, KS
May 29, 5:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Kingsdown, KS	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 N KINGSDOWN. APPROXIMATELY 10 POWER LINES/POLES SNAPPED.
May 29, 5:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Kingsdown, KS	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 NNE KINGSDOWN. SHED ROOF BLOWN OFF AND STREWN OVER ABOUT A 3/4 MILE AREA; A FERTILIZER TANK WAS BLOWN OVER; TRACTOR WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT (PHOTOS OF ALL OF THIS WAS LOCATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA; TIME MATCHED TO RADAR AFTE
May 29, 5:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Kingsdown, KS	PING PONG SIZE.

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 29, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 24 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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -422 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.3

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The text

As transmitted.

123 
WFUS53 KDDC 292232
TORDDC
KSC057-292315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0012.180529T2232Z-180529T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
532 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT
    
* At 532 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles southwest of Ford, moving east at 25 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...
  Ford around 540 PM CDT. 
  Bucklin around 555 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 3751 9989 3763 9991 3771 9964 3752 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 259DEG 23KT 3759 9982 

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

$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

293 
WWUS53 KDDC 292248
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
548 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

KSC057-292258-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180529T2315Z/
Ford KS-
548 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD 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.  However large hail and 
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3751 9989 3763 9991 3771 9964 3752 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 259DEG 23KT 3761 9969 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott	55 min
May 28, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Lane	10 min
May 28, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	46 min
May 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Kearny, Stevens	52 min
May 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	50 min
May 28, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 3 more	53 min
May 28, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 3 more	54 min
May 28, 7:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	3 hr
May 28, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	12 min
May 28, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	53 min
May 28, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	39 min
May 28, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	29 min
May 28, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee	67 min
May 28, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	28 hr
May 28, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	55 min
May 28, 9:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	6 hr
May 28, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	35 min
May 28, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	34 min
May 28, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Meade	29 min
May 28, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	33 min
May 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	45 min
May 28, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	50 min
May 29, 4:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Trego	15 hr
May 29, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	38 min
May 29, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	38 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	47 min
May 29, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	58 min
May 29, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	53 min
May 29, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman, Ness	47 min
May 29, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	45 min
May 29, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	54 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	21 min
May 29, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	54 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche	51 min
May 29, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	43 min
May 29, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	48 min
May 29, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	55 min
May 29, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	32 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	45 min
May 29, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Stafford	43 min
May 29, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Kiowa	46 min
May 29, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	60 min
May 29, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	55 min
May 29, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	48 min
May 29, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	64 min
May 29, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	48 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	43 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.