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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2018, 7:54 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min. 3 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
- Aug 18, 2018, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2018, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Grant County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Nne Ulysses, KS | MULTI-VORTEX BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES SPOTTED BY STORM CHASER. |
| Aug 18, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Nne Ulysses, KS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY EM. |
| Aug 18, 8:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 N Hickok, KS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY EM. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 887 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
951
WFUS53 KDDC 190054
TORDDC
KSC067-190115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0014.180819T0054Z-180819T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
754 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2018
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 754 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Ulysses, and is nearly stationary.
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 Grant 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 3764 10136 3771 10133 3770 10116 3761 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 299DEG 2KT 3767 10129
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 17 min |
| Aug 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 18 min |
| Aug 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 68 min |
| Aug 18, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 47 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.