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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2019, 11:20 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2019, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 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, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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.
- 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.
114
WFUS53 KDDC 180420
TORDDC
KSC185-180445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0025.190518T0420Z-190518T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1120 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1145 PM CDT.
* At 1120 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Seward, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Stafford 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 9891 3814 9892 3826 9891 3826 9847
3822 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 230DEG 30KT 3823 9883
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
214
WWUS53 KDDC 180435
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1135 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
KSC185-180445-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-190518T0445Z/
Stafford KS-
1135 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3813 9891 3814 9892 3826 9891 3826 9847
3822 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 230DEG 30KT 3831 9871
$$
RUSSELLThe 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, 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, 11:34 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.