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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 28, 2019Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 28, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 28, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -299 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

276 
WFUS53 KDDC 290053
TORDDC
KSC101-171-290130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0002.190429T0053Z-190429T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
753 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Northern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.
    
* At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Scott State Lake, moving southeast at 35 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...
  Healy around 815 PM CDT.
  Shields and Pendennis around 830 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 3870 10029 3869 10025 3866 10025 3853 10036
      3849 10064 3869 10093 3870 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 295DEG 30KT 3873 10082 

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

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

109 
WWUS53 KDDC 290114
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
814 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019

KSC101-171-290130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190429T0130Z/
Scott KS-Lane KS-
814 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN LANE COUNTIES...
    
At 814 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Healy, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
  Shields around 825 PM CDT.
  Pendennis around 830 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 3870 10029 3869 10025 3866 10025 3853 10036
      3849 10064 3869 10093 3870 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 282DEG 35KT 3866 10060 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

FINCH

036 
WWUS53 KDDC 290126
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
826 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019

KSC101-171-290136-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190429T0130Z/
Scott KS-Lane KS-
826 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN LANE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 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.  However
small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3870 10029 3869 10025 3866 10025 3853 10036
      3849 10064 3869 10093 3870 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 295DEG 30KT 3863 10051 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	57 min
Apr 28, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	63 min
Apr 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	53 min
Apr 28, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	18 min
Apr 28, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	39 min
Apr 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	64 min
Apr 28, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	32 min
Apr 28, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	77 min
Apr 28, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	59 min
Apr 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego	66 min
Apr 28, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	35 min
Apr 29, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	51 min
Apr 29, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	42 min
Apr 29, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.