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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2019, 8:52 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
- May 17, 2019, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2019, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
| May 17, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
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WFUS53 KDDC 180152
TORDDC
KSC083-135-180215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0020.190518T0152Z-190518T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
852 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Ness County in west central Kansas...
Northwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Jetmore, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Ness and northwestern Hodgeman Counties.
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 3803 9993 3805 10014 3835 10006 3833 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 204DEG 33KT 3810 10005
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
TATRO1 follow-up statement
241
WWUS53 KDDC 180207
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
907 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
KSC083-135-180217-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-190518T0215Z/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
907 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND NORTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3803 9993 3805 10014 3835 10006 3833 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 204DEG 33KT 3822 9998
$$
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, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 32 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.