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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 1, 2018Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2018, 6:36 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 1, 2018, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.5 in

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 6:59 PM CDTHAIL 13 Ssw Buttermilk, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 376 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

609 
WFUS53 KDDC 012336
TORDDC
KSC033-020000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.180501T2336Z-180502T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
636 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Comanche County in south central Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT
    
* At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles southwest of Buttermilk, moving northeast at
  40 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...
  Buttermilk around 650 PM CDT. 
  Coldwater and Lake Coldwater around 700 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 3701 9954 3726 9936 3716 9915 3700 9935
      3700 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 217DEG 34KT 3702 9950 

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

$$

TATRO
1 follow-up statement
609 
WWUS53 KDDC 012353
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
653 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

KSC033-020003-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180502T0000Z/
Comanche KS-
653 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 700 PM CDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3701 9954 3726 9936 3716 9915 3700 9935
      3700 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 217DEG 34KT 3716 9937 

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney37 min
Apr 30, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Lane, Scott42 min
Apr 30, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane38 min
Apr 30, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray34 min
Apr 30, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray40 min
Apr 30, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess34 min
Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman46 min
May 1, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego52 min
May 1, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis44 min
May 1, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush50 min
May 1, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush49 min
May 1, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis17 min
May 1, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa35 min
May 1, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis24 min
May 1, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush16 min
May 1, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush30 min
May 1, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa48 min
May 1, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush46 min
May 1, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards27 min
May 1, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark28 min
May 1, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford28 min
May 1, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa49 min
May 1, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush25 min
May 1, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford24 min
May 1, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche38 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.