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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2019, 8:28 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 17, 2019, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 N Jetmore, 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 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 2358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 22.0
The text
As transmitted.
688
WFUS53 KDDC 180128
TORDDC
KSC083-180200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0017.190518T0128Z-190518T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
828 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles east of Kalvesta, 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...
Jetmore around 845 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 3813 9973 3792 10011 3801 10023 3805 10023
3826 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 225DEG 34KT 3802 10011
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
TATRO1 follow-up statement
044
WWUS53 KDDC 180145
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
845 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
KSC083-180200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-190518T0200Z/
Hodgeman KS-
845 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTY...
At 844 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles west of Jetmore, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
western Hodgeman County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 9973 3795 10006 3800 10016 3805 10023
3826 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 234DEG 9KT 3804 10007
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
TATROThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| May 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 47 min |
| May 17, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 56 min |
| May 17, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 34 min |
| May 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 54 min |
| May 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 48 min |
| May 17, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 38 min |
| May 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 42 min |
| May 17, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 23 min |
| May 17, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 40 min |
| May 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford | 33 min |
| May 17, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 24 min |
| May 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 50 min |
| May 17, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 17, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 54 min |
| May 17, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 25 min |
| May 17, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 41 min |
| May 17, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 38 min |
| May 17, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 16 min |
| May 18, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 43 min |
| May 18, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 36 min |
| May 18, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 57 min |
| May 18, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 39 min |
| May 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 47 min |
| May 18, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Stevens | 32 min |
| May 18, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 61 min |
| May 18, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 27 min |
| May 18, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Seward | 43 min |
| May 18, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 34 min |
| May 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 53 min |
| May 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 49 min |
| May 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 43 min |
| May 18, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 19 min |
| May 18, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| May 18, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 51 min |
| May 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 28 min |
| May 18, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 55 min |
| May 18, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 52 min |
| May 18, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 54 min |
| May 18, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 50 min |
| May 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 56 min |
| May 18, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Kiowa and 1 more | 52 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.