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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2019Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2019, 5:37 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 5, 2019, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.75 in

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 5:38 PM CDTTORNADO7 N Howell, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 19 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

664 
WFUS53 KDDC 052237
TORDDC
KSC057-052300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.190505T2237Z-190505T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
537 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 537 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles northeast of
  Howell, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado.

  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 Ford County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3777 10013 3787 10022 3791 10019 3791 10007
      3788 9994 3781 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 288DEG 17KT 3790 10010 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
602 
WWUS53 KDDC 052254
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
554 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019

KSC057-052304-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-190505T2300Z/
Ford KS-
554 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 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 is still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
northwestern Ford County until 615 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3777 10013 3787 10022 3791 10019 3791 10007
      3788 9994 3781 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 327DEG 10KT 3786 10010 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny54 min
May 5, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark57 min
May 5, 8:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche53 min
May 5, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade57 min
May 5, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny47 min
May 5, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade57 min
May 5, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman50 min
May 5, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray46 min
May 5, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee55 min
May 5, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade61 min
May 5, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray57 min
May 5, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman43 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens44 min
May 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa33 min
May 5, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray37 min
May 5, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade44 min
May 5, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord41 min
May 5, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush53 min
May 5, 6:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCMeade36 min
May 5, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMeade6 hr
May 5, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray57 min
May 5, 6:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCMeade32 min

Nearby

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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.