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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2019Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2019, 6:21 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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 28, 2019, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 6:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Yocemento, KS	ELLIS COUNTY EM REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD AT FEEDLOT AND YOCEMENTO AVE.
May 28, 6:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Yocemento, KS	TORNADO REPORTED BY GREG ANSTEL 2 MILES NORTH OF YOCEMENTO.

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 28, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

409 
WFUS53 KDDC 282321
TORDDC
KSC051-195-290000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0033.190528T2321Z-190529T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
621 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.
    
* At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located very near Riga, moving east 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...
  Ellis around 625 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 3890 9918 3891 9974 3903 9977 3913 9949
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 250DEG 45KT 3897 9964 

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

$$

FINCH

2 follow-up statements

511 
WWUS53 KDDC 282333
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
633 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

KSC051-195-290000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190529T0000Z/
Trego KS-Ellis KS-
633 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TREGO AND NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
    
At 632 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Ellis, moving east at 45 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
east central Trego and northwestern Ellis 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 3890 9918 3894 9961 3902 9967 3913 9949
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 251DEG 43KT 3901 9947 

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

$$

FINCH

343 
WWUS53 KDDC 282342
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
642 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

KSC195-282352-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190529T0000Z/
Trego KS-
642 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3892 9919 3896 9950 3904 9952 3913 9949
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 247DEG 50KT 3907 9935 

$$

KSC051-290000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190529T0000Z/
Ellis KS-
642 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
    
At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles south of Plainville, or 11 miles north of
Yocemento, moving northeast at 45 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
northwestern Ellis 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 3892 9919 3896 9950 3904 9952 3913 9949
      3913 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 247DEG 50KT 3907 9935 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	24 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	29 min
May 28, 2:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Stafford	56 hr
May 28, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	54 min
May 28, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	41 min
May 28, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	41 min
May 28, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	30 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	62 min
May 28, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	59 min
May 28, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	23 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.